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Bébés, Jardin du Luxembourg |  Private collection (-) | |
| Number: | 463 | |
| Date: | 1892/1894 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 177 x 128 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.428; M.420 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is pure etching.
PRINTING
Three impressions of Bébés, Jardin du Luxembourg are recorded. One was listed by Mansfield and reproduced by Kennedy but has not been located (
). 7 One impression is in black ink on ivory 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper (). Another is on heavy-weight wove paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.
). 7 One impression is in black ink on ivory 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper (). Another is on heavy-weight wove paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.7: Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (cat. no. 420); Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 428).