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Double Doorway, Sandwich |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.492) | |
| Number: | 322 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 70 x 110 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.306; M.301 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was first exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, in 1898. Impressions of two different states, probably bought from Wunderlich's, were lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
, ). 10
Finally, after Whistler's death, impressions were shown at two major shows, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 11
, ). 10
Finally, after Whistler's death, impressions were shown at two major shows, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 11
10: New York 1898 (cat. no. 197); Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 291, 291a). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
11: New York 1904a (cat. nos. 298, 298b); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 271).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold two impressions in 1897 to the New York print firm, H. Wunderlich & Co., for £4.4.0 each and they recorded two impressions - of the first and second state - sold by 1899. 12 Impressions of two different states were owned by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) by 1900 (, ). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression of the first state, said to have come from the collection of James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901), from Obach's in London in 1903 (). An impression originally owned by John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) is now in the Library of Congress ().
, ). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression of the first state, said to have come from the collection of James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901), from Obach's in London in 1903 (). An impression originally owned by John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) is now in the Library of Congress ().