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The Venetian Mast

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 49211
State: 6/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:344 x 165 mm  
Plate mark size:340 x 165 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
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:black ink  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light  
Note on foul biting:grain around the old lady  
Print note:pale sky, slight use of retroussage  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:verso bottom right: 'Very'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:30mm from left, 4 x 13mm; pencil butterfly of 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Seal of Hamburg and 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' stamp (Lugt 1233) in brown ink on verso; pencil' '49211'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso '2126'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso top centre '7'; centre: 'The Mast. Venice'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1950513  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.