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The Palaces

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1952.545
State: 4/6

Collection credit:Gift of Louise Cobb Walker  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Given by Louise Cobb Walker to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1952.  
Additional acq. no:RX 674  

 

Paper size:318 x 458 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 358 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pronounced tonal area with evidence of stopping out on rightmost central palace has qualities of sugar/salt/sand ground or possibly lavis: area above leftmost doorway covered with network of cracks (result of craked ground?)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The pronounced tonal area with evidence of stopping out on rightmost central palace has qualities of sugar/salt/sand ground or possibly lavis; the area above the leftmost doorway is covered with a network of cracks (the result of crackled ground?) and faint outline of window; plate signature may be only use of drypoint; distinct areas of scratches, burnishing, and corrosion near plate edges at sides and bottom; printed with light plate tone wiped in distinct diagonals toward lower corners; Inscription: graphite inscription in left margin; Medium: pronounced tonal area with evidence of stopping out on rightmost central palace has qualities of sugar/salt/sand ground or possibly lavis; area above leftmost doorway covered with network of cracks (result of crackled ground?) and faint outline of window; plate signature may be only use of drypoint; distinct areas of scratches, rust and/or corrosion near plate edges at sides and bottom; printed with light plate tone wiped in distinct diagonals toward lower corners%Inscription: graphite inscription in left margin appears to be spuriousState: plate butterfly signature in drypoint is shaded behind wings with slight left to right parallel lines; this is an earlier version than Kennedy's illustration for II/III, which is similar to plate butterfly signatures with cross-hatched shading behind wings on 1934.558 and 1942.576ither spurious very late butterfly and imp.%State: plate butterfly signature in drypoint is shaded behind wings with slight left to right parallel lines; this is an earlier version than Kennedy's illustration for II/III, which is similar to plate butterfly signatures with cross-hatched shading behind wings on 1934.558 and 1942.576  

 

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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1870206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.