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334

Binding the Hair

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 344
State: 1/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 44552). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:133 x 95 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 95 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the paper colour is cream or ivory discoloured to tan  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone; distinct diagonals and horizontal wiping marks; faint picking at bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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:butterfly at lower right verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Binding the hair' at lower centre verso; '1st proof' (the 'st superscript and underlined) on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 23 to 32 mm; h 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp on verso (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 44552' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.344' at lower centre verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3440104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.