Hôtel de la Croix Blanche |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.584) | |
| Number: | 395 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 177 x 126 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.373; M.373 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
PUBLICATION
Hôtel de la Croix Blanche was never published. However, it is closely related to Whistler's unpublished 'Renaissance Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Being very rare it was rarely exhibited. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent an impression of the first state to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 9
Impressions were also shown after Whistler's death, in the Whistler Memorial shows, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 10
). 9 Impressions were also shown after Whistler's death, in the Whistler Memorial shows, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 10
9: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 296).
10: New York 1904a (cat. no. 358); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 321).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler set the price at £8.8.0, and sold mostly to print dealers. He first sold an impression on 21 January 1889 to Messrs Dowdeswell, London. 11 He sold another (No. 11 in 24 etchings sold) on 27 March 1889 to the Fine Art Society, also in London. 12
Two years later, on 6 April 1891 (), and again in 1899, Whistler sold impressions to H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York. 13 Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) owned an impression, which has the identifying number '11' written on the verso, possibly indicating that it came from the Fine Art Society (). However, it also bears Wunderlich's stock number (a 19714) and was probably acquired from Wunderlich's by Mansfield. It was later owned by Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and given by Claude Wampler (1895) to the Syracuse University Art Galleries.
Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900, possibly also bought from Wunderlich's (). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression that was said to be from the Cox collection - probably meaning James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901) - from Obach & Co. in London on Whistler's birthday, 11 July 1903, a few days before the artist's death on 17 July ().
Two years later, on 6 April 1891 (
), and again in 1899, Whistler sold impressions to H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York. 13 Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) owned an impression, which has the identifying number '11' written on the verso, possibly indicating that it came from the Fine Art Society (). However, it also bears Wunderlich's stock number (a 19714) and was probably acquired from Wunderlich's by Mansfield. It was later owned by Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and given by Claude Wampler (1895) to the Syracuse University Art Galleries. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900, possibly also bought from Wunderlich's (
). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression that was said to be from the Cox collection - probably meaning James Cox-Cox (ca 1849- d.1901) - from Obach & Co. in London on Whistler's birthday, 11 July 1903, a few days before the artist's death on 17 July (). 11: GUW #13030.
12: Whistler to Ernest George Brown (1853/1854-1915), GUW #13000.
13: GUW #13097; Wunderlich's to Whistler, 24 March 1899, #07305.