Inscription
[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "a37268" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "E/E/-" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg]" verso, lower right tab, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
(Albert W. Scholle collector's mark) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2923a). "B.M." (Bernard B. MacGeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 394). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 37288). Albert W. Scholle [d. 1910], New York, (Lugt 2923a). Purchased by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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. 154, ii/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 vi/xiii.
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