Little Market Place, Tours

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a street scene with buildings and market stalls. The drawing shows a bustling street lined with stalls on both sides, covered by awnings, and displaying various goods. In the center, there's an archway of a large building labeled as "HÔTEL" leading into a courtyard or passage. The street is busy, filled with human forms interacting around the stalls and under the awnings. A small dog is depicted in the foreground, wandering down the street. The background features more buildings, some of which are multi-storied, with windows and chimneys. The drawing is rendered in fine lines, creating a sketch-like appearance with an emphasis on the bustling atmosphere and architectural details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on chine collé on Asian wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.7 × 17.5 cm (5 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.9 × 21.5 cm (6 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8629

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 389, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Colnaghi's, London, stock no. c.7455). Bought June 23, 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; 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. 375.

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. 389, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly) / HOTEL (on sign above building left) / HOTEL / HALLES CENTRALES / RAYMOND FILS (above passageway); lower right on recto: c.7455; lower center on the verso: (Kennedy number and title)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65022046

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