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Lagoon - Noon

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.33
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2469  

 

Paper size:135 x 205 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x203 mm  
Note on size:with narrow uneven margins around the plate mark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:uneven trim  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:W from bottom of Hunting horn in shield or Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, darkest along the plate edges and at corners  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks  
Print note:This impression was previously entered in the database as the second state; it is before the butterfly in the plate, the only difference between Kennedy's second and third states  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab at 65-85mm from left; butterfly possibly not by Whistler  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:butte4rfly on verso IS by Whistler  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2160310  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.