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Bead Stringers

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5965
State: 11/11

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927.  

 

Paper size:233 x 151 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with fairly even overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A very light trace of tonal medium on the figures in the doorway and wall to the right of them.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly appears to date from 1887/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:(Charles Deering, Lugt 516)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W164' at lower left verso; '18' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1980802  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.