La Marchande de Moutarde

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

The image shows two people in a doorway or interior space. One person is on the left, facing inward, while the second person is on the right, slightly leaning forward and extending their hands. The person on the left has their hair tied back and is dressed in a long garment. The other person also has their hair tied back and wears a long-sleeved dress. The space includes shelves with containers and pottery. The doorway is framed by textured stone or brick.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.72 × 8.89 cm (6 3/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.24 × 30.64 cm (13 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.416

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 20, state iii/v

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings From Nature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Keppel & Co., New York); Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 22.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 20, iii/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler / Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Marchande de Moutard; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: c2964 / B25577; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: FCO

Wikidata ID

Q77012963

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