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The Embroidered Curtain

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 57.531.16
State: 1/10

Collection credit:Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 33935). Given by Mrs Charles Pratt to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1957.  

 

Paper size:242 x 160 mm  
Plate mark size:238 x 160 mm  
Note on size:there is a slight bevel  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800; slightly darkened to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone, darker on the water, and slight bubbling of ink along the right edge and bottom left  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:the right edge is slightly blurred; new drypoint in door at right;  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'WATER / te / VUUR' on signboard  
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:pencil butterfly 1890, tiny tab 33-44 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 33935' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4100103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.