Inscription
[Whistler's butterflly signature] upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Quai de Montebello" [mirrored] lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Eque DE COMPAS" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "c287" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "mk32576" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. [illeg. signature] verso, center right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Henry Harper Benedict collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink (Lugt 2936).
Provenance
(Knoedler & Co., New York). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 2936). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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. 417, ii/ii.
- 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. 385, state ii/iii.
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