Inscription
[Whistler's butterfly signature] lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "3 mk 32557" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a43473" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.]" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Charles W. Dowdeswell collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 690). (Henry H. Benedict collector's stampt) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1298).
Provenance
Charles William Dowdeswell [1832- 1915], London, (Lugt 690). (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock nos. a 32557?, a 43473). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 1298). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 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. 165, ii/iv.
- 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. 173, state iii/iv.
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