THE BALCONY
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JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER
THE BALCONY
ETCHING PRINTED IN BISTRE, 1879-80ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER, WATERMARK WITH PART OF A STRASBOURG LILY, A FINE IMPRESSION, THE DEEP, RICH TONE OF THE WATER SELECTIVELY WIPED TO EVOKE THE REFLECTION OF THE DOORWAY, THE VERTICAL STREAKS OF TONE LENDING DEPTH IN THE WATER, EIGHTH (FINAL) STATE, SIGNED WITH BUTTERFLY AND INSCRIBED 'IMP' IN PENCIL ON THE TAB, WITH THREAD MARGINS OR TRIMMED ON OR JUST WITHIN THE PLATEMARK BY THE ARTIST, EXTREMELY PALE MOUNT-STAINING TOWARDS THE SHEET EDGES, A THIN AREA AT THE UPPER SHEET EDGE, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
P., S. 297 X 202MM.
THE BALCONY
ETCHING PRINTED IN BISTRE, 1879-80ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER, WATERMARK WITH PART OF A STRASBOURG LILY, A FINE IMPRESSION, THE DEEP, RICH TONE OF THE WATER SELECTIVELY WIPED TO EVOKE THE REFLECTION OF THE DOORWAY, THE VERTICAL STREAKS OF TONE LENDING DEPTH IN THE WATER, EIGHTH (FINAL) STATE, SIGNED WITH BUTTERFLY AND INSCRIBED 'IMP' IN PENCIL ON THE TAB, WITH THREAD MARGINS OR TRIMMED ON OR JUST WITHIN THE PLATEMARK BY THE ARTIST, EXTREMELY PALE MOUNT-STAINING TOWARDS THE SHEET EDGES, A THIN AREA AT THE UPPER SHEET EDGE, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
P., S. 297 X 202MM.
Literature
KENNEDY 207VIII