The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.509) | |
| Number: | 346 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 8 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.357; M.356; W.253 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published officially, but is considered part of a 'Brussels Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Whistler must have thought highly of this etching and first exhibited it in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. 7 The next exhibition recorded was in 1898 when an impression from the collection of Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) was shown by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York. 8 An impression was lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in 1900 (
). 9
Messrs Obach & Co. exhibited an impression in London in 1903, and others appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after the artist's death - at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Paris in 1905, and, lent by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), at the London show, also in 1905. 10 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited several impressions from Whistler and lent one to the Rotterdam memorial show in 1906 (,
,
,
,
,
,
or !). 11
). 9 Messrs Obach & Co. exhibited an impression in London in 1903, and others appeared in the Memorial Exhibitions after the artist's death - at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Paris in 1905, and, lent by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), at the London show, also in 1905. 10 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited several impressions from Whistler and lent one to the Rotterdam memorial show in 1906 (
,
,
,
,
,
,
or !). 11 7: Paris Exp. Univ. 1889 (cat. no. 419).
8: New York 1898 (cat. no. 257); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
9: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 219).
10: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 253).
11: Rotterdam 1906 (cat. no. 50).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold impressions on 17 November 1887 to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) for £10.10.0 each. 12
He sold more on 1 and 10 February 1888 to Messrs Dowdeswell at £12.12.0. 13 This remained the price for some time.
Early British collectors included John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) (), John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), who bought one directly from Whistler in 1889, 14 and Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891). An impression was sold at the auction of Hutchinson's collection in 1892 and bought by the print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) for much less - £5.5.0 (). 15 It was later acquired by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) and left by his sisters to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Early British collectors included John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) (
), John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), who bought one directly from Whistler in 1889, 14 and Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891). An impression was sold at the auction of Hutchinson's collection in 1892 and bought by the print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) for much less - £5.5.0 (). 15 It was later acquired by Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) and left by his sisters to the Art Institute of Chicago.There seems to have been a flurry of orders for this etching. Whistler sold one on 3 May 1888 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York. 16 Wunderlich's had just (on 1 May) recorded the sale of an impression to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (). The artist sold another on 18 December 1888 to the Fine Art Society and one was sold (or at least offered) on 13 December 1889 to Durand-Ruel. 17
Ten years later, but at a slightly lower price, after a substantial discount, Whistler sold an impression to Wunderlich's for £8.8.0 and another at £7.7.0. 18
American collectors, who acquired good impressions, included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ( and probably ) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who owned one by 1900 ().
However, Whistler still had a lot left and bequeathed several to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave one () and bequeathed others (,
,
,
,
,
) to the University of Glasgow.
). The artist sold another on 18 December 1888 to the Fine Art Society and one was sold (or at least offered) on 13 December 1889 to Durand-Ruel. 17
Ten years later, but at a slightly lower price, after a substantial discount, Whistler sold an impression to Wunderlich's for £8.8.0 and another at £7.7.0. 18 American collectors, who acquired good impressions, included Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (
and probably ) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who owned one by 1900 ().
However, Whistler still had a lot left and bequeathed several to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave one (
) and bequeathed others (,
,
,
,
,
) to the University of Glasgow.