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Carpet Menders, Paris | ||
Number: | 480 | |
Date: | 1897/1898 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 201 x 251 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 2 | |
Catalogues: | K.420; M.416; W.257 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (2) |
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'Carpet Menders, Paris' (1898, Wunderlich's). 3
'Carpet Menders - Paris -' (1899, Wunderlich's). 4
'Carpet-Menders' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)) 5
'Carpet Menders' (1900, Caxton Club). 6
'Carpet Menders. Rue de Grenelle, Paris' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 7
'Les repriseuses de tapis. Paris. - The (Carpet Menders. Paris)' (1905, Paris). 8
Since it is not absolutely certain that Miss Birnie Philip's title was derived from Whistler, 'Carpet Menders, Paris', which is the earliest recorded title, and was not disputed by Whistler, has been chosen as definitive.
3: New York 1898 (cat. no. 290).
4: Wunderlich's to Whistler, 24 March 1899, GUW #07305.
5: Wedmore 1899 (cat. no. 257).
6: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. E223).
7: Envelope containing copper plate, Hunterian Art Gallery.
8: Paris Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 408).
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9: Hunterian Art Gallery.