Hôtel Lallement, Bourges | ||
Number: | 396 | |
Date: | 1888 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 165 x 271 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 4 | |
Known impressions: | 7 | |
Catalogues: | K.399; M.398 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (7) |
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly above and to the left of the woman.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Diagonal drypoint lines are added within the doorway, at upper left; the space between the woman's feet is shaded; short drypoint lines are added to the shading in the area where the two walls meet, just to the left of and beneath the base of the oriel window.
State 3
The woman's feet, the shading between them and the hem of her dress are partly removed; the drypoint lines among the shading where the two walls meet are worn.
State 4
The woman's feet, the shading between them and the hem of her dress are almost completely removed.
State 4 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.