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109

Draped Model

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8463
State: 6/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 65769). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10525  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with old brown ink inscription on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:IV countermark  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale residual tone  
Note on foul biting:a few tiny pits and scratches  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'1. Of 25. X' (word is probably 'of'); the 'x' is in a different lead  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 65769' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W87' at lower left on the recto; '247' sideways at lower centre on the verso; '93' at lower right on the verso; 'The Model Resting' at lower centre on the recto by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1000403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.