York Street, Westminster |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.477) | |
| Number: | 382 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 218 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.270; M.266; W.220 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
PUBLICATION
York Street, Westminster was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
Either this etching or Rochester Row, Westminster [383] was exhibited in Leipzig in 1895, but otherwise it was mainly shown in the U.S.A. 10
Impressions were exhibited by the print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903 - Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought one after the latter show (
). 11 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent one to a show organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (). 12
After Whistler's death an impression was shown at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in the same year Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his impression to the Whistler Memorial Exhibitions in Boston and London (). 13
Impressions were exhibited by the print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903 - Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought one after the latter show (
). 11 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent one to a show organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (). 12 After Whistler's death an impression was shown at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in the same year Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his impression to the Whistler Memorial Exhibitions in Boston and London (
). 13 10: Leipzig 1895 (cat. no. 808); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
11: New York 1898 (cat. no. 175); New York 1903b (cat. no. 177).
12: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 190).
13: New York 1904a (cat. no. 229); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 166); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 220).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression of 'York Street (Westminster 1st state' to the print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York on 29 June 1888 for £12.12.0. They recorded one 'York Street Westminster' still 'on hand' in 1897; and noted one as sold by 24 March 1899 for £10.10.0. 14 It is not clear if these are all the same transaction.
On 27 July 1888 Whistler sold another to Knoedler & Co. for £12.12.0. 15 And on 17 November 1888 he sold one 'York Road - Westminster - (11)' to Messrs Dowdeswell in London for slightly less, £10.10.0. 16
Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (); Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought another from Wunderlich's in 1903 (); other collectors included John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) () and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().
On 27 July 1888 Whistler sold another to Knoedler & Co. for £12.12.0. 15 And on 17 November 1888 he sold one 'York Road - Westminster - (11)' to Messrs Dowdeswell in London for slightly less, £10.10.0. 16
Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (
); Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought another from Wunderlich's in 1903 (); other collectors included John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911) () and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().Whistler had three impressions of 'York Road' [sic] in stock in the studio on 18 July 1889. 17 Two were still in his studio at his death in 1903 and were bequeathed by the artist to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who in turn bequeathed them to the University of Glasgow (, ).
, ).17: List, GUW #13235.