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446

Balcony, Amsterdam

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project  
Provenance:Kennedy Galleries, New York. Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007; bought by a private collector  

 

Paper size:  
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:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:wonderful misty areas of hatching, possibly rubbed down; tint butterfly 'imp'  

 

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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K4050312  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.