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Atelier de Bijouterie |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49909) | |
| Number: | 378 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 127 x 216 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.433; M.430 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is pure etching, with many lines very deeply etched.
PRINTING
Only three impressions of Atelier de Bijouterie are known. All were printed in black ink. One impression, which stayed in Whistler's possession, was on buff laid paper (
). One, which was marked 'Early proof -', is on cream Asian laid paper(), and the third, on dark cream Japanese paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark, leaving a tab for the butterfly signature, but Whistler did not sign the one in his studio.
). One, which was marked 'Early proof -', is on cream Asian laid paper(), and the third, on dark cream Japanese paper (). All were trimmed to the platemark, leaving a tab for the butterfly signature, but Whistler did not sign the one in his studio.