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James McNeill Whistler

La Mère Gérard, 1858

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series Title

Twelve Etchings from Nature

Medium

etching on wove Japanese paper

Dimensions

plate: 12.7 × 8.89 cm (5 × 3 1/2 in.)

sheet: 22.86 x 17.78 cm (9 x 7 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 24, state iv/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.8400

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

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Inscription

"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.

Marks and Labels

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

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

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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