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Fishing Quay, Ostend

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 34012
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:3109  

 

Paper size:131 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:128 x 177 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):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:light plate tone; darker, horizontally wiped tone near bottom margin  
Note on foul biting:fine, loose pitting across etched parts, in particular across the figures  
Print note:  

 

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 on verso; on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:verso: 'Fishing Quai Ostend / 1st State [butterfly]'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:40mm from left, 3 x 11mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '34012'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso bottom centre: '7969'; lower right corner: '3109'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso upper right: '12', lower right: '7/7'; verso bottom centre: '4/-/-'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3520106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.