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Jo's Bent Head

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.350
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London. C. W. Dowdeswell, London. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:320 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:watermark not clear in available light  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:IV countermark [according to UMMA]  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Overall plate tone, darker at the sides and bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Note that Kennedy's state 2a reflects inking only and is not a true state; thus this is a second state of two  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'r.r.o' underlined, over 'p.

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0780211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.