199The RialtoUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1993/2.3 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of the Friends of the Museum of Art on the Occasion of their Twenty-fifth Anniversary |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. David Tunick and Co., Inc., New York, 1993; bought by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993. |
| Paper size: | 295 x 209 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 228 x 209 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | faint at lower right |
| Print note: | warm black ink |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly not by Whistler |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Pencil butterfly seems odd? And is over remnants of the erased beginnings of another butterfly? 'imp' is unusually upright. Okay? |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK36960' at lower left on verso; 'DTKALKHH' at lower centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Title and various catalogue numbers at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2110113 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.