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The Little Pool

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 45.407

Collection credit:Bequest of Hal H. Smith.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Hal G. Smith to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1945.  

 

Paper size:180 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 124 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, fairly even, slightly more pronounced in sky and left side  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:mottled tone effect in sky and left side (how achieved? acid still used in process?)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1861-'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:'97 RW' (possibly Richard Westall, see Lugt 2250) (or 'G7RW' or 'GFRW')  
Dealers' stock nos:'4667' on recto, lower edge, centre, erased  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Little Pool' verso lower left:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0740815  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.