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Gold House, Brussels |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.640) | |
| Number: | 336 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 179 x 67 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.360; M.359 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
PUBLICATION
Gold House, Brussels was not published officially, but is considered part of a 'Brussels Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
It was first exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. An impression may have been lent under another title ('Guild House, Brussels') by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) to the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. Lathrop did not own an impression of 'Guild House', which is more usually called Flower Market, Brussels
[339] - or at least, if he did, it has disappeared. However, he did own a Gold House, Brussels, and it is likely that this is what was on show (
). 8
). 8
8: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 294); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
In 1903 an impression was on sale at Obach & Co. in London and was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) ().
After Whistler's death impressions were shown in New York in 1904 at the Grolier Club and John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) lent an impression to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 9
). After Whistler's death impressions were shown in New York in 1904 at the Grolier Club and John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) lent an impression to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 9
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 387); London Mem. 1905 (cat. nos. 347).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression on 29 June 1888 to the New York print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co., for £8.8.0. 10 He sold another on 17 November 1888 to Messrs Dowdeswell in London at the same price. 11 H. Wunderlich & Co. recorded sales in 1899 and subsequent years at £6.6.0, but these may be duplicated, and represent stock-taking. 12
Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) may have bought his impression from Wunderlich's ().
In 1903 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Obach & Co., which was said to be from the 'Cox Collection' - possibly James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901) (). A few years later, in 1908 Obach's sold one to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (). It was probably from Knoedler & Co., New York that Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) bought another impression in the 1920s ().
).In 1903 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Obach & Co., which was said to be from the 'Cox Collection' - possibly James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901) (
). A few years later, in 1908 Obach's sold one to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (). It was probably from Knoedler & Co., New York that Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) bought another impression in the 1920s ().