Venetian Court |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.201) | |
| Number: | 189 | |
| Date: | 1879 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 293 x 200 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.230; M.227 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
PUBLICATION
Venetian Court was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
This etching was rarely exhibited. It was shown twice by the print dealers, H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1901 and 1903. 4
An impression was shown after Whistler's death, at the comprehensive Grolier Club exhibition in New York in 1904. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his impression - probably bought from Wunderlich's - to two exhibitions in Boston, in 1904 and 1910 (
). 5
An impression was shown after Whistler's death, at the comprehensive Grolier Club exhibition in New York in 1904. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent his impression - probably bought from Wunderlich's - to two exhibitions in Boston, in 1904 and 1910 (
). 5 4: See REFERENCES : EXHIBITIONS.
5: New York 1904a (cat. no. 203); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 156); Boston 1910 (cat. no. 169).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) owned an impression that was inscribed by Whistler '1st state' and 'Venice 1879' (); it was sold through A.A. Hahlo & Co. of New York to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937); it was later owned by Emma Regina Martin (1921-2009) and Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979).
); it was sold through A.A. Hahlo & Co. of New York to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937); it was later owned by Emma Regina Martin (1921-2009) and Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979).
Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) owned an impression of the second state, which was sold through Wunderlich's of New York to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1903 (). Thomas Way (1837-1915), Whistler's London lithograph printer, owned the third state, which was also bought by Freer, in 1905 ().
). Thomas Way (1837-1915), Whistler's London lithograph printer, owned the third state, which was also bought by Freer, in 1905 ().