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The Bucking Horse, Wild West

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.496
State: 1/3

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1759  

 

Paper size:86 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 182 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note: this impression has two prominent, curving left to right plate scratches at the centre of the image; printed with very light plate tone.  

 

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:'1st proof', lower right, on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly dates from 1887/1888  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 272 (underlined) / nu-' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1759' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3150102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.