Inscription
"[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp." lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.
Marks and Labels
None.
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 7589). (Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. 32556. Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 2936). (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c), purchased 1928; gift to NGA, 1943
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
- 2013
- An American in London: Whistler and the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, 2013-2014 (shown only in London and Andover).
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 154, i/iv.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 166, state iii/xiii.
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