Renaissance Window |  Freer Gallery of Art (1894.21) | |
| Number: | 417 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 179 x 128 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.390; M.391 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
Renaissance Window was never published. However, it is closely related to Whistler's unpublished 'Renaissance Set' and indeed may have provided the title for that set.
EXHIBITIONS
It was first shown by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, in 1898. 9 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent an impression to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club, Chicago, in 1900 (
). 10
It was also exhibited in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent one - probably the first state, which has not been located () - to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition organised by the Copley Society in Boston in 1904 . 11 Two impressions were shown at the comprehensive Grolier Club exhibition in New York in 1904 and one in the Whistler Memorial show in London in 1905. 12
). 10 It was also exhibited in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent one - probably the first state, which has not been located (
) - to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition organised by the Copley Society in Boston in 1904 . 11 Two impressions were shown at the comprehensive Grolier Club exhibition in New York in 1904 and one in the Whistler Memorial show in London in 1905. 12 9: New York 1898 (cat. no. 245). See REFERENCES : EXHIBITIONS.
10: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 311).
11: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 221).
12: New York 1904a (cat. no. 378a,b); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 340).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold an impression on 23 July 1891 to Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) for £4.4.0. 13 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Mansfield on 17 July 1894 ().
Another was sold by Whistler through H. Wunderlich & Co., New York in 1899, mis-titled 'Rennaissance window Chienonceau', for £8.8.0. 14 This may have been the impression acquired by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who certainly owned one by 1900 (). His impression went to the Art Institute of Chicago, while Freer bequeathed his to the Freer Gallery of Art.
). Another was sold by Whistler through H. Wunderlich & Co., New York in 1899, mis-titled 'Rennaissance window Chienonceau', for £8.8.0. 14 This may have been the impression acquired by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who certainly owned one by 1900 (
). His impression went to the Art Institute of Chicago, while Freer bequeathed his to the Freer Gallery of Art.