446Balcony, AmsterdamUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.405 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Thomas Croft, London. Obach & Co., London, 1905; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 273 x 167 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 270 x 167 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone near the plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | the ink has a bronze quality; UMMA listed this impression as Kennedy's second state of three, but it is Kennedy's third state |
| 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 old mount, pencil: |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'To / Thomas Croft-' and butterfly on old mount |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly by the mount dedication is small (4 mm x 6 mm) with shaded trefoil wings |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4050203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.