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Fusco

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1888
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: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:315 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:209 x 132 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'old ledger' paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Hunting horn in shield  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:drypoint appears somewhat more worn in that impression  

 

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:butterfly '4. Whistler' in graphite, lower right, in margin  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Signed with large shaded butterfly and '4. Whistler.' in graphite, lower right, in margin; number '4' may indicate 4th impression printed as another impression (AIC 1917.452) has '7' and '7th' inscribed in right margin.  
Collector's mark:stylized device at upper right on verso; this may be Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799; 'C.B.' stamp (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0990103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.