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Ross Winans

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1946
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Julian Marshall. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:386 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:250 x 201 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:touched proof, presumably by Whistler to correct drawing of sitter's right shoulder and sleeve as altered in the second state  
Print tone:printed with plate tone in shaded areas  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'; 'Whistler' (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'butterfly in margin, lower right; 'J. Mc. N. Whistler.' with left-to-right slash, in graphite in margin, lower left, on verso  
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:small shaded butterfly in graphite in margin, lower right, check date  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' ( Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0880102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.