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The Balcony

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.440
State: 18/19

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23955). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:004.2002  

 

Paper size:295 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:295 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'SH'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:effective tone in the water  
Note on foul biting:  
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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1890s; 61-74 from right  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Wrenn ( L. 1475)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 23955'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'03'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2071106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.