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Model Stooping |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.505) | |
| Number: | 362 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 135 x 97 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.342; M.340 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
PUBLICATION
Nude Model Stooping was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It is very rare and has rarely been exhibited. It was first shown by the print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, in 1898. 8
After Whistler's death an impression was shown in the comprehensive show at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) lent one to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 9
After Whistler's death an impression was shown in the comprehensive show at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) lent one to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 9
8: New York 1898 (cat. no. 284).
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 329); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 303).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression of 'Stooping Figure', which may have been this etching, in February 1888 to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) for £5.5.0. 10 Another impression of the 'Stooping Figure' was noted as in Whistler's studio in 1890/1891. 11 He sold one in September 1897 to H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York for £3.3.0, and another, described as 'Nude figure stooping' in 1900 at the same price. 12
The only known collectors are John Caldwell (fl. 1887-1907) (
) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () who may well have bought them from Wunderlich's.
The only known collectors are John Caldwell (fl. 1887-1907) (
) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () who may well have bought them from Wunderlich's.