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Nocturne: Palaces

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 8/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the present owner from Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 275.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
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:considerable, carefully wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Butterfly signature appears to have been retraced?  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 57707' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'B742' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K2023z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.