Sketches of a Girl and a Woman |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.255) | |
| Number: | 153 | |
| Date: | 1875/1876 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 178 x 133 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.122; M.128; W.108 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
An impression was printed possibly with the intention of publishing it with a set of cancelled etchings (
). However, it was not included in the album of the 'Cancelled Set' as published by the Fine Art Society, London, in 1879.
). However, it was not included in the album of the 'Cancelled Set' as published by the Fine Art Society, London, in 1879.EXHIBITIONS
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime. An impression was shown at the Whistler Memorial exhibition in London in 1905. 3
3: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 107).
SALES & COLLECTORS
The only known impression was originally owned by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) (). He may have bought it directly from the artist when he was helping print the Venetian etchings in the early 1880s. It was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1903.
). He may have bought it directly from the artist when he was helping print the Venetian etchings in the early 1880s. It was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1903.