11En Plein SoleilArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.620 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 3215 |
| Paper size: | 279 x 333 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 135 mm |
| Note on size: | The support sheet shows evidence of being reduced along ruled graphite line. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | China on wove |
| Note on the paper: | laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | scrim marks at lower left, and a large area bounded by a firm line where acid resistant varnished was used. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' reversed] 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' and butterfly in margin, lower left |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 'Whistler' with a shaded butterfly in graphite in margin, lower left; same graphite inscription in same location as Little Arthur (1934.632), Annie (1934.633), La Mère Gérard (1934.631), La Rétamuse (1934.630), Street in Saverne (1934.546) and Title to the French Set (1934.645) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cat 7 / 162.27' within platemark verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0150202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.