The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels | ||
Number: | 346 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 8 | |
Known impressions: | 17 | |
Catalogues: | K.357; M.356; W.253 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (17) |
PUBLICATION
It was not published officially, but is considered part of a 'Brussels Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Whistler must have thought highly of this etching and first exhibited it in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. 7 The next exhibition recorded was in 1898 when an impression from the collection of Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) was shown by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York. 8 An impression was lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in 1900 (). 9
Messrs Obach & Co. exhibited an impression in London in 1903, and others appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after the artist's death - at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Paris in 1905, and, lent by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), at the London show, also in 1905. 10 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited several impressions from Whistler and lent one to the Rotterdam memorial show in 1906 (, , , , , , or !). 11
Messrs Obach & Co. exhibited an impression in London in 1903, and others appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after the artist's death - at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Paris in 1905, and, lent by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), at the London show, also in 1905. 10 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited several impressions from Whistler and lent one to the Rotterdam memorial show in 1906 (, , , , , , or !). 11
7: Paris Exp. Univ. 1889 (cat. no. 419).
8: New York 1898 (cat. no. 257); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
9: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 219).
10: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 253).
11: Rotterdam 1906 (cat. no. 50).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold impressions on 17 November 1887 to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) for £10.10.0 each. 12
He sold more on 1 and 10 February 1888 to Messrs Dowdeswell at £12.12.0. 13 This remained the price for some time.
Early British collectors included John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) (), John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), who bought one directly from Whistler in 1889, 14 and Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891). An impression was sold at the auction of Hutchinson's collection in 1892 and bought by the print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) for much less - £5.5.0 (). 15 It was later acquired by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) and left by his sisters to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Early British collectors included John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) (), John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), who bought one directly from Whistler in 1889, 14 and Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891). An impression was sold at the auction of Hutchinson's collection in 1892 and bought by the print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) for much less - £5.5.0 (). 15 It was later acquired by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) and left by his sisters to the Art Institute of Chicago.
12: GUW #13016.
13: GUW #13026, #13027.
14: 20 January 1889, GUW #13037.
15: Sotheby’s, 3 March 1892 (lot 334).
There seems to have been a flurry of orders for this etching. Whistler sold one on 3 May 1888 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York. 16 Wunderlich's had just (on 1 May) recorded the sale of an impression to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (). The artist sold another on 18 December 1888 to the Fine Art Society and one was sold (or at least offered) on 13 December 1889 to Durand-Ruel. 17
Ten years later, but at a slightly lower price, after a substantial discount, Whistler sold an impression to Wunderlich's for £8.8.0 and another at £7.7.0. 18
American collectors, who acquired good impressions, included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ( and probably ) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who owned one by 1900 ().
However, Whistler still had a lot left and bequeathed several to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave one () and bequeathed others (, , , , , ) to the University of Glasgow.
American collectors, who acquired good impressions, included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ( and probably ) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who owned one by 1900 ().
However, Whistler still had a lot left and bequeathed several to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave one () and bequeathed others (, , , , , ) to the University of Glasgow.
16: Wunderlich's to Whistler, GUW #07158.
17: GUW #12999; #09068.
18: Wunderlich's to Whistler, 24 March 1899, GUW #07305.