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The Rialto

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 532-1907
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Kunstsalon Ernst Arnold, Dresden; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1907, for 1400 DM.  

 

Paper size:301 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:295 x 200 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even plate tone, darker towards lower margin, here wiped vertically  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting mainly across figures  
Print note:white hairline in lower left quadrant  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:45 mm from left, 6 x 16 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2110207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.