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Liverdun

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.606
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:294 x 351 mm  
Plate mark size:109 x 154 mm  
Note on size: The support sheet shows evidence of being reduced along ruled graphite lines  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):China  
Note on the paper:laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' at upper right corner; 'J. Whistler.' (the 'l' rather than 't' crossed) at lower left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 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 butterfly in margin, lower left; similar signature and shaded butterfly with oblique line in same location as Fumette (1934.542) and The Unsafe Tenement (1934.571)  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'cat 8 / 148.27' within platemark verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0160202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.