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The Piano

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 4/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project  
Provenance:Royal Library, Windsor. Bought from Associated American Artists by Julius L. and Anita Zelman, 1977.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:233 x 156 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:De Erven Dk. Blauw  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:several spots and flecks  
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:'W' at lower right  
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:crown in pencil.  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984  
ID:K1410403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.