Pierrot, 1889

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to plate mark): 23 × 15.8 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 450, state viii/viii

Accession Number

1943.3.8643

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler (printer) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

[Whistler's butterfly signature] upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "c 270[illeg.]" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "JHW / 32471 mk" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "J.H.W." verso, black stamped ink (Lugt 1475).

Provenance

John H. Wrenn [1841-1911], (Lugt 1475). (Knoedler & Co., New York). Bought November 15, 1929 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Wrenn, John Henry

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. 407, v/v.

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. 450, state viii/viii.