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Fishing Quay, Ostend |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46976) | |
| Number: | 351 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 129 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.352; M.348 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
PUBLICATION
Fishing Quay, Ostend was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was rarely exhibited. The first recorded exhibition was by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. 9
Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent one to an exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 10
Impressions were also exhibited in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 11
). 10
Impressions were also exhibited in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 11
9: New York 1898 (cat. no. 260).
10: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 293).
11: New York 1904a (cat. no. 267); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 318).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold it usually for £8.8.0. The first sale was on 17 November 1887 to the London print dealer, Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832); then he sold one on 3 May 1888 through H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, to Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912). 12 He also sold impressions to H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1897, 1899 and 1900. 13
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart on 1 October 1896 (). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (). Freer's one was bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, and Lathrop's went to the Art Institute of Chicago. An impression with Whistler's signature and inscription '1st proof' was acquired by Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and was later bought by the Library of Congress (). Another impression of the first state, inscribed by Whistler 'Fishing Quai Ostende / 1st State' was bought by the Hamburger Kunsthalle (). One impression was left to Whistler's sister-in-law who bequeathed it to the University of Glasgow ().
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart on 1 October 1896 (
). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (). Freer's one was bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, and Lathrop's went to the Art Institute of Chicago. An impression with Whistler's signature and inscription '1st proof' was acquired by Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and was later bought by the Library of Congress (). Another impression of the first state, inscribed by Whistler 'Fishing Quai Ostende / 1st State' was bought by the Hamburger Kunsthalle (). One impression was left to Whistler's sister-in-law who bequeathed it to the University of Glasgow ().