Poultry-Market, Loches
1888
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Printer, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 7.8 × 14.7 cm (3 1/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.8634
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 423, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 19694). Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as having been owned by J. Caldwell [1882-1907], Pittsburgh. (Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. MK 32574). Purchased November 26, 1929 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. 389.
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. 423, only state.
Inscriptions
[Whistler's butterfly signature] center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "#335" lower left composition, graphite, unknown hand. "Market women -Loches" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a 19694" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "mk 32574 / Ex" 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
Q65022052