Model Seated |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.348) | |
| Number: | 104 | |
| Date: | 1871/1873 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 205 x 142 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.118; M.117; W.103 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
An impression was lent by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) to an exhibition at the Union League Club in New York in 1881 and to a show organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 9
An impression was exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co., in New York in 1898 and bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (). 10
After Whistler's death, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent an impression to the Whistler Memorial exhibition held in Boston in 1904 (). 11 Two impressions were also shown at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and one at the London Memorial Exhibition in 1905. 12
). 9 An impression was exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co., in New York in 1898 and bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (
). 10 After Whistler's death, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent an impression to the Whistler Memorial exhibition held in Boston in 1904 (
). 11 Two impressions were also shown at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and one at the London Memorial Exhibition in 1905. 12 9: New York 1881 (cat. no. 130); Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 97).
10: New York 1898 (cat. no. 96).
11: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 81).
12: New York 1904a (cat. nos. 110a, b); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 103).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Sales records are scarce and the drypoint is very rare. Early collectors included Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (); Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910), bought from H. Wunderlich & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1898 (); and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().
); Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910), bought from H. Wunderlich & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1898 (); and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().