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The Pierrot

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8643
State: 8/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:John H. Wrenn (1841-1911). Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10707  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, wiped cleaner to the lower left and right of the standing figure  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks;much fine granular foul biting; heavier patches along the lower plate edge  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 37 to 47 mm from left; height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:John H. Wrenn (Lugt 1475); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 270[illegible]' and 'JHW / 32471 MK' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'P' or 'Cx' (not clearly legible) at lower right on the verso- possibly by Whistler?  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4070504  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.