Inscription
"Whistler" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "Imp Delatre. Rue St. Jacques.171." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "k17II The Unsafe Tenement" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.13412" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 17, ii/iv.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 18, ii/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
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