The Young Tree | ||
Number: | 285 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 133 x 95 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 5 | |
Catalogues: | K.296; M.291 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (5) |
The Young Tree dates from the summer of 1887 (it shows leaves on the tree and children sitting on the grass, suggesting a warm summer day). The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. It was exhibited in Brussels in February of the following year, and first sold on 3 May 1888. 1
It is one of the 'Grey's Inn Set', most of which were done in 1887, such as The Steps, Gray's Inn 282 and The Baby, Gray's Inn 288.
It is one of the 'Grey's Inn Set', most of which were done in 1887, such as The Steps, Gray's Inn 282 and The Baby, Gray's Inn 288.
1: Brussels 1888 (cat. no. 5); Whistler to Wunderlich's, GUW #13051.