450The PierrotArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.551 State: 2/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 235 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 162 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone, most heavily on the water in the lower quarter of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | regular foul biting in the water (may be the result of acid spread with feather?) strengthens area of tone. |
| Print note: | The only apparent drypoint strengthens the shading to left of the standing figure's head and body. |
| 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: | '3rd proof pulled' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.L' in graphite at lower centre verso (Bryan Lathrop, see Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'UNO' (?) at lower left verso; 'Le Pierrot / very early proof' at lower centre verso; [illeg--possibly 'gbo' or '960'?] at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4070202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.