450The PierrotKupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1902-4 State: 8/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Herbert Boswank |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden in 1901 on occasion of the International Art Exhibition. |
| Paper size: | 230 x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 230 x 158 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | added tone in shadows in lower 1/8; narrow frame of tone around print; spotty tone on left and right sides; light tone on figure |
| Note on foul biting: | fine pitting and granular tone across woman bending over and in water; areas of slighter pitting also in top 1/3; foul biting in lower left corner, less in upper left corner |
| Print note: | dryly printed resulting in some over-cleaned/broken lines, e.g. right of butterfly |
| 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: | see inscription marks |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 39 mm from left, 3 x 10 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4070508 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.