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The Unsafe Tenement

Harris Schrank Fine Prints (2012)
Accession no: n/a

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Harris Schrank Fine Prints  
Provenance:Given by Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York, to the artist Otto J. Schneider. Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York, 2009.  

 

Paper size:205 x 280 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:thin ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:fibrous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression, with marks of burnishing visible.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:Whistler  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171' [check]  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'To Otto J. Schneider / from his friend Frederick Keppel.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, dealer's records  
ID:K0170328  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.