392Rue des Bons Enfants, ToursArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1924.666 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35171). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924. |
| Paper size: | 152 x 79 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 149 x 79 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| 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: | very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good impression, the ink black but producing a cool brown impression on that paper, matt not glossy. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '22' above doorway |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso, lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. Proof' on verso, lower right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35171' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'acc. No. 6162' at lower left verso (not an AIC accession number); 'nu' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3720102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.