221The Two DoorwaysArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1879 State: 13/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 22474). Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 206 x 294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 294 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone and darker tone along plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | In addition to dots of 'spit bite' prominent in the water below curved building, tonal areas in other areas exhibit a regular pattern (Lalanne's 'mottled tint'?) and pattern of irregular dots (sandpaper ground?) as well as the addition of open bite/lavis? with stopping out on the darkest shading at right of the curved wall and doorway; State: ? |
| 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 on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 22474' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1930602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.