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The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.458
State: 4/7

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Samuel Josefowitz; Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:042.2004  

 

Paper size:287 x 178 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:rich inking at bottom, with bare, rubbed areas  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:With drypoint burr; and rich tone- a working proof.  

 

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:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1879/1881 45-69 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'SJ' (Josefowitz)  
Dealers' stock nos:'P 639'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Guitar Player (K.140)'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1400306  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.