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The Pierrot

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.405
State: 1/8

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902). H.L. Quick. Albert W. Scholle (d. 1910), New York. Harlow & Co. Sotheby's, New York, April 2004, lot 36; bought by Peter Lunder, 30 April 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:013.2004  

 

Paper size:232 x 160 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 160 mm  
Other size:tab: 2.5 mm high mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):thin laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:possible, but probably a paper anomaly  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:lovely horizontal and vertical wiping of the water; in addition to moderate overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:fresh etched lines in the door, strengthening the outline of his inner clothes; this impression was reproduced in Kennedy  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st proof pulled' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 32-44 from left; tiny pencil butterfly from the 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:pentagon stamp (A.W. Scholle, Lugt 2923a); 'HLQ' in pencil; [H. L. Quick]  
Dealers' stock nos:'16665' on old Harlow & Co. label  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1st state from the Marquand, H. L. Quick and Scholle Collections'; old Harlow label  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4070103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.