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Double Doorway, Sandwich |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.492) | |
| Number: | 322 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 70 x 110 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.306; M.301 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
STATE
Three states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at left, just below centre.
State 2
Diagonal drypoint shading is added to the left of the window seen through the central door.
State 3
Panels are indicated on the door at the left; extensive etched shading is added to the two open doorways; a barrel is defined within the shop doorway; shading is added on the lower panes of the shop-window; mouldings are added on the pediment, and shading is added to and extended on the pediment.
State 3 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 9
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 9
9: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.