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192

The Dyer

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 8/10

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. A. B. Widener. The Fine Art Society, London, 1994; Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007 (lot 56); bought by the present owner.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:302 x 237 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:soft, carefully wiped tone in the water, wiped clean in the door  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:dark, warmer reddish brown ink 'pale, Ochre ink', clear wiped in door; wiping slightly radiating lower left to upper right  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K2190405  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.