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Balcony, Amsterdam

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession 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.