Rue de la Rochefoucault, 1893

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to plate mark): 13.1 × 22 cm (5 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 434, state iii/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.8652

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler (printer) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

[Whistler's buttlerfly signature] center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. "RUE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT" upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "HUITRES DU JOUR" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand, written twice. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Purchased September 9, 1929 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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. 419, 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. 434, state iii/iv.