Sunflowers, Marché St Germain, Paris |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49908) | |
| Number: | 437 | |
| Date: | 1888/1893 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 223 x 282 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper centre | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.422; M.417; W.258 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
PUBLICATION
Sunflowers, Marché St Germain was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
The first known exhibition was at H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. This was followed by the show organised by the Caxton Club, Chicago, in 1900, to which both Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (
) and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent an impression (). 14 It was also shown in international exhibitions at Buffalo and Philadelphia in 1901 and 1902, the latter lent by Mansfield again. 15
Finally, impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, in Boston in 1904 and London in 1905. 16
) and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent an impression (). 14 It was also shown in international exhibitions at Buffalo and Philadelphia in 1901 and 1902, the latter lent by Mansfield again. 15 Finally, impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, in Boston in 1904 and London in 1905. 16
14: New York 1898 (cat. no. 291); Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 224-224a).
15: Buffalo 1901 (cat. no. 1387); Philadelphia 1902 (cat. no. 947 [258]).
16: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 185); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 256).
SALES & COLLECTORS
One impression, listed as 'Sun flowers. Rue des Beaux Arts', was sold by the artist to Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) in 1898 for a comparatively high price - £10.10.0 - and was exhibited at H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. This was probably the impression acquired by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (). 17
As 'The Marché St. Germain -' an impression was sold to the London print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) on 8 June 1903 for £15.15.0. 18 This was a lot of money and suggests it was a rare or fine impression, or both. Possibly it was the unique impression acquired by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) that had been worked over in pen and ink, and was later sold to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) ().
). 17 As 'The Marché St. Germain -' an impression was sold to the London print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) on 8 June 1903 for £15.15.0. 18 This was a lot of money and suggests it was a rare or fine impression, or both. Possibly it was the unique impression acquired by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) that had been worked over in pen and ink, and was later sold to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) (
). Of the three impressions printed by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) for Whistler's sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), and bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, one was exchanged with the Rijksmuseum (), one sold to the National Gallery of Art () and one kept by the Hunterian Art Gallery ().
), one sold to the National Gallery of Art () and one kept by the Hunterian Art Gallery ().