Old-Clothes Shop, No.I

c. 1884/1886

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 7 × 10.2 cm (2 3/4 × 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8574

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 265, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tracy Dows [b. 1871], New York, (Lugt 2427); probably sold through Frederick Keppel [1845-1912], New York, 1911. (Colnaghi's, London, 1920s, stock no. c 6529). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York (Lugt 2936). Bought June 23, 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 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. 257, 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. 265, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp: lower right on the verso, possibly by Whistler: 7;lower center on verso: c.6529; lower left on the verso: 1; in brown ink at lower right on the verso: W233; lower right on the verso, possibly by Harold Wright: K.257 II / Old Clothes Shop / No1.

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021990

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