67Annie HadenNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 80.4023 State: 4/4 |
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Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1980. |
Additional acq. no: | 108517 |
Paper size: | 432 x 318 mm |
Plate mark size: | 349 x 214 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | Medium weight, 'antique' laid paper, with deckle edge. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
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Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp' on recto, at lower left |
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: | NGA website: 'From the pencilled monogram of Whistler's butterfly, one could make the assumption that this print was not signed in pencil until after 1882, because the butterfly has been drawn curved with no vertical lines appearing in its wings. Whistler used this style of butterfly after 1882.' |
Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamp in black ink at upper right on verso (H. H. Benedict); 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'mk 30657' on recto, at lower left. |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '186' on recto, at lower right, in pen and ink (in old hand); on verso, at upper right, in ink: '186'. |
Source of information: | Museum records |
ID: | K0620z02 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.