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The Square House, Amsterdam

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8640
State: 5/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10704  

 

Paper size:235 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:much debris  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone overall, with tone near the edges and selectively wiped on the water on the lower half of the plate  
Note on foul biting:heavy foul biting along the plate edges; scattered flecks  
Print note:The finest lines are probably--but not certainly--drypoint  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 41 to 51 mm from left; height 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30694' and '52749' at lower centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4040103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.