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The Kitchen

Impression: Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
(1938.1895)
Number: 16
Date: 1858
Medium: etching
Size: 227 x 157 mm
Signed: 'Whistler' at lower right
Inscribed: 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' at lower right (2); partly removed (3)
Set/Publication: 'French Set', 1858; Fine Art Society, 1885 (3)
No. of States: 3
Known impressions: 67
Catalogues: K.24; M.24; T.13; W.19
Impressions taken from this plate  (67)
The Kitchen was drawn during Whistler's etching tour of the Rhineland between 14 August and 7 October 1858.
It was published in Douze eaux-fortes d'après Nature (the 'French Set') in 1858, and by the Fine Art Society in 1885.
Comparable scenes include La Marchande de Moutarde [20] and La Vieille aux Loques [27].