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Axenfeld

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.92
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1920) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883.  

 

Paper size:323 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:228 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:yellowed  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no (residual)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:strong burr  

 

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:'Whistler' and butterfly in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Axenfeld -' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1875/1877  
Collector's mark:Metropolitan Museum stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'44' on recto, '52' at top right; '20' bottom right, other now rubbed out  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0640304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.