144The PianoNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 324 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 157 mm |
| Note on size: | right edges rough |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory darkened to buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | large - |
| Medium: | drypoint and open bite |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Rich burr, lustrous matt effect of inking of dress: ink colour looks brownish in reproduction but black 'in person' |
| 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: | 'Whistler' in graphite pencil and butterfly in dark brown ink, on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'The piano -', '75' and '3' , (the '3' in dark brown ink), on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | It is not certain the '75' is by Whistler |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1410201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.