353The Beach, OstendHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 34014 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | |
| Additional acq. no: | 3111 |
| Paper size: | 83 x 182 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 182 mm |
| Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | plate tone, darker towards lower margin, here wiped diagonally into corners |
| Note on foul biting: | fine scattered pitting across plate |
| 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 in graphite on verso; on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | verso ' Ostend - / 1st State [butterfly]' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 36mm from left, 2 x 9 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre stamp in brown ink: seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) and '34014' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | verso bottom centre '7970'; bottom right corner '3111' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso bottom: illegible inscription (covered by mount); verso bottom right corner: '1/' or '7/' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3540111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.