116The Letter (Maud, seated)University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1993/2.33 State: 2/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Alan and Marianne Schwartz |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 41321). Alan and Marianne Schwartz; given to the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993. |
| Paper size: | 200 x 153 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 147 x 109 mm |
| Note on size: | plate mark size includes the bevel |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | watermark not clear in available light |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | (partial) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall |
| Note on foul biting: | A spot at upper tirht of the plate butterfly signature |
| Print note: | A short horizontal scratch at upper left with a long, slightly curved left-right scratch below it, extending to the crosshatched lines above the hands; the Kennedy reproduction of the second state appears to be of poor quality and only faintly shows the horizontals to the left of the face (and the scratches) |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 41321' a lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '4' (erased) at lower right on the recto; title, Wedmore number and 'One of the rarest of Whistler's Drypoints' on the recto at bottom; 'ENO' with '0' with a slash through it, at lower rlght on the verso; L / ^ / C' at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1150z02 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.