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The Rialto

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1993/2.3
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Gift of the Friends of the Museum of Art on the Occasion of their Twenty-fifth Anniversary  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. David Tunick and Co., Inc., New York, 1993; bought by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993.  

 

Paper size:295 x 209 mm  
Plate mark size:228 x 209 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:faint at lower right  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly not by Whistler  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Pencil butterfly seems odd? And is over remnants of the erased beginnings of another butterfly? 'imp' is unusually upright. Okay?  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK36960' at lower left on verso; 'DTKALKHH' at lower centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:Title and various catalogue numbers at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2110113  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.