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En Plein Soleil

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 21.66
State: 3/3

Collection credit:City of Detroit Purchase.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1921.  

 

Paper size:245 x 322 mm  
Plate mark size:100 x 134 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory chine colle on white laid  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine colle on laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, even  
Note on foul biting:bad pitting at lower left; regular imprint (scrim?), burnishing around it; some acid spots at left  
Print note:remains of etched head at right.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'; 'Whistler' (faint, with 's' reversed, upper left corner, upside down)  
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:no  
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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'A 89583' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others: '14' lower right edge, recto; '?o' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0150220  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.