Inscription
"Whistler" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "K. 17 III of 4 The Unsafe Tenement" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "9" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.17040" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
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. 17, iii/iv.
- 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. 18, state iii/iv.
Related Content
- Sort by:
- Results layout: