En Plein Soleil, 1858

Not on View

series Title

Twelve Etchings From Nature

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.16 x 13.34 cm (4 x 5 1/4 in.)

sheet: 19.69 x 24.77 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 11, state iii/iii

Accession Number

1949.5.522

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

"Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "Imp. Delatre. Rue. St. Jacques.171." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "18" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "252" (stricken in graphite) lower right margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "4" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Howard Mansfield collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink, (Lugt 1342). (Harris Whittemore collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1384a).

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York (Lugt 1342); Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919 (Lugt 1384a); (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, no. 82); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Mansfield, Howard
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Whittemore, Harris

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 15, 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. 11, state iii/iii.