93WearyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.28 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, receipt 7 September 1889, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, September 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 258 x 186 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 198 x 130 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream/ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan/wove |
| Note on the paper: | cream 'Japan tissue' laid on ivory wove paper; chine collé, 'modern' laid, ganpi, vertical chain lines, even distribution, much debris |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some very light overall plate tone, slightly heavier across lower fifth of plate |
| Note on foul biting: | small dark gouge at lower right (not from acid) with two faint corrosion marks and series of l-r diagonal scratches above it faintly |
| Print note: | A very fine impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (the 't' uncrossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '63.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly and 'imp.' below platemark to left of center; 'JMcN. Whistler' (the 'c' superscript; 'Whistler' underscored) lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Rare. Plate no longer in this condition.', at lower right, below platemark |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 2013exh_F Pencil butterfly of 1890s. Whistler's full signature and inscription extend from thin Japan to support sheet, so the drypoint was mounted on backing before signature |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '5822' (encircled) on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W83' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'co gi/gi/.' on verso; blue dot at the lower left on the verso; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0920204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.