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Marchand de Vin, Paris |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49907) | |
| Number: | 438 | |
| Date: | 1888/1893 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 82 x 201 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.421; M.429 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
Only one exhibition is recorded in Whistler's lifetime. An impression was lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 6
Following Whistler's death, Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) lent his impression (
) in 1904 to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in Boston and to the comprehensive Memorial show held at the Grolier Club, New York. 7
Following Whistler's death, Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) lent his impression (
) in 1904 to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in Boston and to the comprehensive Memorial show held at the Grolier Club, New York. 7
6: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 272). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
7: New York 1904a (cat. no. 348); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 230).
SALES & COLLECTORS
It was extremely rare. Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) owned an impression which he bought from Whistler's short-lived business outlet, the Company of the Butterfly in 1900 (). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) had one by 1909 (). The other remained in Whistler's studio and was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) who left it to the University of Glasgow ().
). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) had one by 1909 (). The other remained in Whistler's studio and was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) who left it to the University of Glasgow ().