386Passages de l'OpéraNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8651 State: 1/1 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10715 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Crowned GR countermark |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and tiny droplets; two patches at lower left corner |
| Print note: | The only possible drypoint would be the small groups of diagonal lines on one fiture under the leftmost tree |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'PASSAGES DE L'OPERA' and 'VINS & LIQUERS' [sic] |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 42 to 52 mm from left; height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 30698' (mostly erased) at lower centre on verso; '10386' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4180104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
