Finette

Date: 1859
Medium: Drypoint in black ink on tissue-thin, white, fibrous laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 290 x 200 mm. 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. Sheet: 315 x 208 mm. 12 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
Reference: Kennedy 58, seventh state of ten; Glasgow 61, tenth state of fourteen, before further shading and work to the window, the panelling, and in the background, and prior to cancellation
Signature: Signed in the plate “Whistler” lower right
Provenance: Harris Whittemore (?), Waterbury, CT; to his friend, John P. Elton (1865-1948), Waterbury, CT; By descent to his heirs, U.S.A
Impression: Brilliant, rich with textured burr
Condition: Superb, no discernible imperfections