450The PierrotColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.405 State: 1/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902). H.L. Quick. Albert W. Scholle (d. 1910), New York. Harlow & Co. Sotheby's, New York, April 2004, lot 36; bought by Peter Lunder, 30 April 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 013.2004 |
| Paper size: | 232 x 160 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 160 mm |
| Other size: | tab: 2.5 mm high mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | thin laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | possible, but probably a paper anomaly |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | lovely horizontal and vertical wiping of the water; in addition to moderate overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | fresh etched lines in the door, strengthening the outline of his inner clothes; this impression was reproduced in Kennedy |
| 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 on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof pulled' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 32-44 from left; tiny pencil butterfly from the 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | pentagon stamp (A.W. Scholle, Lugt 2923a); 'HLQ' in pencil; [H. L. Quick] |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '16665' on old Harlow & Co. label |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st state from the Marquand, H. L. Quick and Scholle Collections'; old Harlow label |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4070103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.