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454

The Square House, Amsterdam

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 5/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:The Fine Art Society, London, 2007; bought by a private collector.  

 

Paper size:235 x 173 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 173 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone at the edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a fine impression  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'26104:11/ 07 FAS' (Fine Art Society)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'No 7' on verso [check]  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K4040209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.