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The Pierrot

Impression: Hunterian Art Gallery
Hunterian Art Gallery
(46642)
Number: 450
Date: 1889
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 231 x 162 mm
Signed: butterfly at upper left (6-final)
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 8
Known impressions: 33
Catalogues: K.407; M.406; W.264
Impressions taken from this plate  (33)

CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS

  • Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 407) 'Pierrot'.
  • Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 406) 'Pierrot'.
  • Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, 2nd ed., revised, London, 1899 (cat. no. 264) 'Pierrot'.

EXHIBITIONS 1855-1905

  • [Exhibition], Dunthorne's Gallery at the Rembrandt Head, London, 1890 .
  • [Exhibition of watercolours, pastels and etchings belonging to C. L. Freer], Grolier Club, New York, 1890 .
  • Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1890 (cat. no. 1049) 'Le pierrot – Amsterdam'.
  • World's Columbian Exposition, Department of Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893 (cat. no. 2268 [1682]) 'Pierrot'.
  • Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 272) 'Pierrot'.
  • 2nd Exhibition, Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1899 (cat. no. 248) 'The Pierrot'.
  • An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. E230) 'Pierrot'.
  • Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 (cat. no. 1380).
  • Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901 .
  • 71st Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1902 (cat. no. 947 [264]) 'Pierrot'.
  • [Exhibition of recently acquired works], Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, 1902 .
  • A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. no. 201) 'Pierrot'.
  • Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 219) 'Pierrot'.
  • Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. nos. 284a, b, c, d) 'Pierrot'.
  • Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 191) 'Pierrot'.
  • Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 264) 'Pierrot'.
  • Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Art, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 414) 'Pierrot. Amsterdam'.
  • Tentoonstelling van Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithogaphien en een Schildrij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 41) 'The Pierrot, Amsterdam'.

REVIEWS 1855- 1905

  • R.A.M. Stevenson, 'The Art Season', The Academy, London, 20 May 1899, pp. 561-2 (GUL PC17/57).

GENERAL 1906- PRESENT

  • American Art Association, Masterpieces of Engraving and Etching ... Collection of Henry Graves, Jr., New York City, Anderson Art Galleries, New York, 3 April 1936 (lot. no. 86).
  • Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1996 (cat. no. 54).
  • Heijbroek, J. F., 'Holland van het water: de bezoeken van James Abbott McNeill Whistler aan Nederland,' Bulletin Rijksmuseum, 1988, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 225-56 .
  • Heijbroek, J. F. and Margaret F. MacDonald, Whistler and Holland, Zwolle and Amsterdam, 1997 , pp. 70-71.
  • Mansfield, Howard, Whistler in Belgium and Holland, New York, 1935 .
  • Drawing Near. Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984 (cat. no. 83).
  • Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984 , p. 284 (no. 408).