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The Piano

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.774.25
State: C/7

Collection credit:Gift of Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago.  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Set acquired by Walter M. Hill, Chicago; Walter S. Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933.  

 

Paper size:376 x 236 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 159 mm  
Note on size:Sight measurement of paper; the impression is bound  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Van Gelder in script  
Medium:Drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Printed with some plate tone near top, right and bottom plate edges.  
Note on foul biting:Foul biting is mostly scratches, but there are several acid spots or corrosion marks in upper quarter of plate.  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1410710  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.