Tour Saint Antoine, Loches |  Freer Gallery of Art (1889.9) | |
| Number: | 414 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 149 x 81 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.392; M.389 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published. However, it is closely related to Whistler's unpublished 'Renaissance Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Impressions of Tour Saint Antoine, Loches were lent by both Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
and ). 9 It was also exhibited in a print dealer's show, at Obach 7 Co. in London in 1903. 10
Impressions were shown in the comprehensive Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 11
and ). 9 It was also exhibited in a print dealer's show, at Obach 7 Co. in London in 1903. 10 Impressions were shown in the comprehensive Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 11
9: Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 258a, 258).
10: See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
11: New York 1904a (cat. no. 376); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 338).
SALES & COLLECTORS
The price of Tour Saint Antoine, Loches was usually £6.6.0. On 25 January 1889 the London art dealer, Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929) sent Whistler back an impression of 'Tower St. Antoine' that had been returned by a client, 'saying "the prices are too much for me".' 12 However Whistler sold impressions on 27 March and 21 May 1889 to the Fine Art Society in London. 13 Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) bought the first of these (it is listed as '(No. 3)' in the letter to Ernest George Brown (1853/1854-1915), and is so numbered on the verso (). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought the other F.A.S. impression three days later ().
). Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought the other F.A.S. impression three days later ().In July 1889 Whistler sold an impression to Knoedler & Co., this being No. 4 in a list of 18 sold. 14 This was probably the etching bearing a 'No 4' on it, acquired by first Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), and then sold - possibly through H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York - and acquired by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935) (). Lathrop replaced it with another - possibly also handled by Wunderlich's - by 1900 ().
). Lathrop replaced it with another - possibly also handled by Wunderlich's - by 1900 (). 14: Whistler to R. F. Knoedler, 20 July 1888, GUW #13080.
Meanwhile on 6 April 1891 Whistler sold an impression direct to Wunderlich's, who were his chief U.S. agents. 15 He later sold one described as 'Street & tower' to Wunderlich's for the same price of £6.6.0. This could possibly be The Clock Tower - Amboise [429], but that etching was normally sold at £8.8.0, not at £6.6.0. 16
An impression of Tour Saint Antoine, Loches originally owned by Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) was bought by Wunderlich's and sold later to Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), who gave it to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943 ().
An impression of Tour Saint Antoine, Loches originally owned by Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) was bought by Wunderlich's and sold later to Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), who gave it to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943 (
).