La Mère Gérard

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 × 8.89 cm (5 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 x 17.78 cm (9 x 7 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8400

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 24, state iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 69823). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 11.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 24, iv/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

"Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171." lower center composition, in plate. artist's hand. "Mére Gerard" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R5844" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a69823 [underlined] / amx-" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65021817

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