Children's Fruit Barrow |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.170) | |
| Number: | 347 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 67 x 100 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.365; M.362 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
PUBLICATION
Children's Fruit Barrow was not published officially, but is related to the 'Brussels Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression the first time it was exhibited, in July 1903 at Obach & Co. in London (
). 6 In New York, in the same year, one or two impressions were included in two exhibitions by H. Wunderlich & Co. 7
After Whistler's death, one was shown in 1904 at the Grolier Club in New York, and in 1905 one was shown at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London. 8
). 6 In New York, in the same year, one or two impressions were included in two exhibitions by H. Wunderlich & Co. 7 After Whistler's death, one was shown in 1904 at the Grolier Club in New York, and in 1905 one was shown at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London. 8
6: London Obach 1903 (cat. no. 247).
7: New York 1903 (cat. no. 148); New York 1903b (cat. no. 234).
8: New York 1904a (cat. no. 392); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 352).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression in February 1888 to the London print dealer, Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832), for £4.4.0. 9 Whistler also sold what may have been this etching under the title 'Brussels' to H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1899 for £5.5.0. 10 The only impression that has been located (of the two recorded) was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in July 1903 at Obach's in London ().
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