T.A. Nash's Fruit-Shop

c. 1886

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a downward perspective of a busy scene below. A market stall's canopy is seen at the top of the image with the inscription "T. A. Nash" on it. The brushwork consists of sketch-like lines conveying movement. The color palette is monochrome with light and dark tones. Figures are depicted in casual stances near us, while vendors and their goods are further away.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 17.4 × 12.6 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8578

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 298, state ii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, (Lugt 421). (Colnaghi's, London, stock no. c.6311). Purchased June 23, 1928 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. 263, 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. 298, state ii/v.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; upper right on the verso: 227; lower left on the verso: 9; lower centre across the verso: K263 - 3e etat (sur 4) [the e after the 3 superscript]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021995

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