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The Little Mast

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5957
State: 7/8

Collection credit:Bequest of Lessing Rosenthal.  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Charles Deering Collection, 1927. Bequeathed by Lessing Rosenthal to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927.  

 

Paper size:269 x 188 mm  
Plate mark size:266 x 188 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Tonal work has been added at left on the wall, over the figures and on the buildings behind the balustrade; faint horizontal drypoint lines are on the clothing of the child at right.  

 

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:The pencil butterfly appears to date from the 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:(Charles Deering, Lugt 516).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:ilegible erased prices and price codes  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1850302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.