The Marketplace, Vitré

1893

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a market scene. The image shows a marketplace with figures gathered around market stalls. The figures appear to be engaging in activities typical of a marketplace. Some figures are positioned beneath tent-like structures that serve as market stalls. In the background, there are outlines of windows and parts of buildings, creating a sense of an urban environment. The drawing is executed in a loose, sketch-like manner with minimal details, focusing on capturing the energy and busyness of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 × 16.2 cm (8 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 20.4 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8700

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 62

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 40.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 212-213, no. 62.

Wikidata ID

Q65022119

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