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The Slipper

Impression: Hunterian Art Gallery
Hunterian Art Gallery
(46715)
Number: 43
Date: 1859
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 120 x 80 mm
Signed: 'Whistler -' at lower right
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 2
Known impressions: 26
Catalogues: K.28; M.28; T.29; W.29
Impressions taken from this plate  (26)

STATE

Two states are known.

State 1

Etching: K0280104
Signed 'Whistler -' at lower right.
The woman's nose is straight, and the pillow on the right has a prominent zigzag pattern.

State 2

Etching: K0280102
The face has been redrawn and the woman is looking more to her right, away from the viewer; drypoint shading is added on the face, which is lit more strongly from upper right; her nose is retroussé; her hair falls lower over the forehead and spreads in curls over the pillow; she has a dark frilly trim on her collar or sleeve; the folds are extended at upper right on the curtain; the pillow on the right is enlarged, and is white; the pillow behind her head is darkened; a small area with shaded patches is on the lower right side of the bed.