La Marchande de Moutarde

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows two women in a rustic interior or shop. The woman on the left is holding a large round object in both hands, while the woman on the right is leaning forward to receive it. Both women are wearing head coverings and long dresses. The background features shelves with jars and containers. The doorway is framed with textured stone or brickwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.24 x 8.89 cm (6 x 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.23 x 17.78 cm (8 3/4 x 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8409

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 20, state i/v

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings From Nature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, probably before 1902. Albert W. Scholle [d. 1910], New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 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. 22.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 20, i/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler; lower right in graphite: [the artist's butterfly]

Wikidata ID

Q65021826

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