225Fruit StallNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8656 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10720 |
| Paper size: | 232 x 146 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 222 x 146 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is ivory or cream discoloured to buff; includes tab with signature |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with even, overall tone except for a darker band at the bottom, with a pronounced band of picking along the left edge and disturbance of the tone at lower right (from dust?) |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks; vise mark at lower centre; vertical scratches at top, left and bottom of image, but the scratches are less prominent |
| Print note: | showing more wear (or more lightly inked) than Kennedy's reproduction of state seven |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 27 to 42mm from left; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2000605 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.