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386

Passages de l'Opéra

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8651
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance: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-10715  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Crowned GR countermark  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone near the plate mark  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and tiny droplets; two patches at lower left corner  
Print note:The only possible drypoint would be the small groups of diagonal lines on one fiture under the leftmost tree  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'PASSAGES DE L'OPERA' and 'VINS & LIQUERS' [sic]  
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 42 to 52 mm from left; height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 30698' (mostly erased) at lower centre on verso; '10386' at lower right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4180104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.