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Sleeping Girl |  Freer Gallery of Art (1892.10) | |
| Number: | 127 | |
| Date: | 1874/1875 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 139 x 217 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left (2-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 9 | |
| Catalogues: | K.125; M.122; W.112 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (9) | ||
STATE
Three states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Signed with a butterfly at upper left.
The drypoint faded considerably in later impressions of this state.
State 3
Short diagonal drypoint lines cross existing lines above the hand holding the book.
State 3 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 7
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 7
7: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.