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Balcony, Amsterdam

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 57.531.15
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by Mrs Charles Pratt to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1957  

 

Paper size:275 x 168 mm  
Plate mark size:273 x 168 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone at edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:light umber effect with mosty rubbed shadows, bevel obvious  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly 1890; tab 34-44 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K4050306  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.