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The Door of the Chapel, Montrésor |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.557) | |
| Number: | 422 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 178 x 128 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.395; M.392 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The composition is done in pure etching.
PRINTING
Four impressions are known. The '1st Proof' was printed in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper (
); what may have been the second proof was also printed in dark brown ink on off-white, almost grey, laid paper () and what may have been the third proof, since it is inscribed '(3.)' is like the first, in brown ink on ivory laid paper ().
); what may have been the second proof was also printed in dark brown ink on off-white, almost grey, laid paper () and what may have been the third proof, since it is inscribed '(3.)' is like the first, in brown ink on ivory laid paper ().