The Fan |  Freer Gallery of Art (1896.50) | |
| Number: | 375 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 135 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly to left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.345; M.343 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
The Fan is very rare and was rarely exhibited. However, Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) lent an impression to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
), and to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904. 9 The title is not always possible to distinguish from other etchings and it may have been shown elsewhere.
), and to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904. 9 The title is not always possible to distinguish from other etchings and it may have been shown elsewhere.9: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 239); New York 1904a (cat. no. 338).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression of The Fan on 11 February 1888 to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) for £5.5.0. 10 This may possibly have been the impression acquired by Emma Regina Martin (1921-2009), which is signed with a butterfly of about 1887 or 1888, although it is not known when and where she acquired it (). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart on 1 October 1896 (). In the following year, in September 1897, Whistler sold an impression to H. Wunderlich & Co. at the reduced rate of £3.3.0. 11
). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Dr James M. Hart on 1 October 1896 (). In the following year, in September 1897, Whistler sold an impression to H. Wunderlich & Co. at the reduced rate of £3.3.0. 11