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The Muff

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8469
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10532  

 

Paper size:125 x 73 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 73 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Warm black ink enriches the overall effect; burr on the muff and hat; there was a curving line of bare dots (bubbles?) in the printing at the bottom, and dots around the butterfly and the bottom of the muff.  

 

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:' "The Muff" / Drypoint' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'im[p]'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1885/1887; tab 12-25 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c); 'RHL' (?) on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30662' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1130303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.