Fish Women, Ostend |  Colby College Museum of Art, Maine (2013.349) | |
| Number: | 349 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 96 x 133 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.349; M.349 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was exhibited as 'Fish Market, Ostend' by the print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. 13
Another impression (its identity confirmed by the size and description given in the catalogue) was entitled 'Fisherwomen, Ostend' when lent by John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 14
Another impression (its identity confirmed by the size and description given in the catalogue) was entitled 'Fisherwomen, Ostend' when lent by John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 14
13: New York 1898 (cat. no. 259). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
14: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 374).
SALES & COLLECTORS
An impression, listed as 'Fishwomen' and priced at £6.6.0, was sold by Whistler to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832), in February 1888. 15
An unidentified etching called 'Fish Woman - Brussels' - which may in fact be Fish Women, Ostend - was bought by H. Wunderlich & Co. for £6.6.0, on behalf of a relative of the artist, Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912). 16
An unidentified etching called 'Fish Woman - Brussels' - which may in fact be Fish Women, Ostend - was bought by H. Wunderlich & Co. for £6.6.0, on behalf of a relative of the artist, Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912). 16
It is extremely rare, with single impressions bought by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (
), and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (), the latter as late as 1903. In his ledger noting the owners of Whistler's etchings, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) includes but a single collector of this etching: Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922), who bought an impression in 1899 for $30. 17 The only other located print is in the Library of Congress ().
), and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (), the latter as late as 1903. In his ledger noting the owners of Whistler's etchings, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) includes but a single collector of this etching: Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922), who bought an impression in 1899 for $30. 17 The only other located print is in the Library of Congress ().17: Kennedy Ledger, Colby College, fol. 381.