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The Two Doorways

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.381
State: 9/13

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:205 x 293 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 293 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:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:faint tone near the side and bottom plate edges  
Note on foul biting:foul biting or effect of acid scattered throughout, particularly on the walls and water; larger acid droplets on the 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:butterfly 'imp' on the tab and butterfly in graphite on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Before last State' by the butterfly on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The 'o' is irregular and is shaped almost like a heart (intentional?)  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:illegible traces of an erased inscription  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1930503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.