Inscription
"[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "for 'Wi[illeg.]' / [Whistler's butterfly signature] verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
(H. Wünderlich & Co.). Bought July 21, 1928 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.
- 1995
- Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 412, ii/ii.
- 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. 448, state ii/ii.
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