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Finette

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.544
State: 10/14

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:386 x 264 mm  
Plate mark size:290 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:The paper has dark fibre inclusions.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:Corrosion on the plate prints like foul biting.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly in margin lower right  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Very fine proof -' in margin lower right  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'44' at lower left recto; 'E' at lower right recto; 'X' at upper right recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0580602  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.