60VenusNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8437 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10499 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 222 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book; with old brown ink numbers on recto and verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at the four corners |
| Note on foul biting: | remnants of earlier figure subject at lower right |
| 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 imp. at lower left on the recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b); purple shield surrounded by helmet with a lion rampant holding star above it (not in Lugt?) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '(EE 2746)' at lower right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Rare first state' at lower right on the recto; '2.CHj(?)' at centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0590103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.