Gretchen at Heidelberg

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on green/grey laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.48 x 15.56 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.67 x 20.96 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.5.523

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 21, i/i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

probably sold by Wunderlich & Co., New York, to Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, before 1885 (stock no. 6344); sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, no. 93); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 103, repro.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 20.

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. 21, State i/i.

Wikidata ID

Q65076878

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