Murano - Glass Furnace | ||
Number: | 205 | |
Date: | 1879/1880 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 161 x 238 mm | |
Signed: | no | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 4 | |
Known impressions: | 7 | |
Catalogues: | K.217; M.214; W.187 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (7) |
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
State 2
Diagonal shading is added above the lower door and windows, on the back wall at left, and to right of the upper right windows; the lower door and windows and the wall to right of them are more clearly defined with vertical lines; the heads of the central and right figures on the left are more completely delineated; small patches of shading are added to the wall behind the central figure and to that figure's upper torso; the head, arms and upper body of the man directly to left of the furnace are clearly defined, and there is diagonal shading behind his shoulder; the outlines of the head and ear of the man seated in front of the furnace are changed.
State 3
Heavier cross-hatching is added to the back and right walls; a few small patches of diagonal and vertical shading are added to the left wall; many glazing bars on the windows in the back wall are redefined; more diagonal shading is added behind the man directly to left of the furnace, which is further defined with vertical lines and diagonal shading; the head of the man seated in front of the furnace is shaded at the back, and there are two prominent vertical lines below him; hair is added to the head of the seated figure at right, and there is more diagonal shading on and around that figure's arms and face.
State 4
The walls are more heavily shaded, and lines now extend to the top of the image at the centre.
State 4 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.