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The Two Doorways

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.380
State: 4/13

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:225 x 314 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 293 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:small brown fibre inclusions; mh could not determine watermark in available light  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:elaborate watermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light area so ftine at the left and right  
Note on foul biting:foul biting or effect of acid scattered throughout, particularly on the walls and water; larger acid droplets on water at centre  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.17305' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2 of 2' at lower right on the verso (not clearly visible); Kennedy number, state and title on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1930311  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.