Court of the Monastery of St Augustine, Bourges |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.589) | |
| Number: | 403 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 131 x 220 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.398; M.397 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
PUBLICATION
Court of the Monastery of St Augustine, Bourges was never published. However, it can be considered part of Whistler's unpublished 'Renaissance Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
It was rare and few impressions were available for exhibition. One impression was lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 10 Another, owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), was exhibited in Philadelphia in 1902 (). 11
Then, after Whistler's death, impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions, in Boston in 1904, the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in London in 1905. 12
). 10 Another, owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), was exhibited in Philadelphia in 1902 (). 11 Then, after Whistler's death, impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions, in Boston in 1904, the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in London in 1905. 12
10: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 288).
11: Philadelphia 1902 (cat. no. 947 [277]).
12: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 218); New York 1904a (cat. no. 367); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 330).
SALES & COLLECTORS
On 18 July 1889 Whistler noted that he had three impressions of 'St Augustine'. 13 Whistler sold an impression (under the misleading title 'St. Augusta') on 23 July 1889 to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) for £10.10.0 (). 14
He sold another in 1897 to H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York, again for £10.10.0, and they recorded one sold in 1899. 15 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (), which may have come from Wunderlich's.
For once, Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) did not acquire an impression, and it was only recently, in 2004, that an impression was given by Peter and Paula Lunder to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ().
). 14 He sold another in 1897 to H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York, again for £10.10.0, and they recorded one sold in 1899. 15 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) owned an impression by 1900 (
), which may have come from Wunderlich's.For once, Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) did not acquire an impression, and it was only recently, in 2004, that an impression was given by Peter and Paula Lunder to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (
).