Chapel Doorway, Montresor, 1888

Not on View

Medium

etching in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to plate mark): 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 422, only state

Accession Number

1946.21.180

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] center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. "minister de la Guerre / Montrésor" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Charpelle Montresor / Do" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "nm-" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "RH" verso, black stamped ink (Lugt 2215b).

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23970). Robert Hartshorne [d. 1927], New York, (Lught 2215b); Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1946.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 395.

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. 422, only state.