423Market Women, LochesNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8634 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 19694). Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as having been owned by J. Caldwell (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh (1882-1907)?). Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. MK 32574). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10698 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone with darker strips along the left and right edges |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable dots and flecks over and around the etched area |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy; the only drypoint is the five left-right diagonals at the upper left of the dooway |
| 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: | butterfly in graphite at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof - / butterfly' (the 'st' superscript with a dot beneath it), at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 21 to 30 mm from left; height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19694' and 'MK 32574' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Possibly 'Ex' (?)at lower left on the verso; '#335' at lower left on the recto (within platemark); 'Market women -Loches' at lower centre on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3890103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.