Church, Amsterdam |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.609) | |
| Number: | 445 | |
| Date: | 1889 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 220 x 131 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.411; M.410 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published. However, it is related to Whistler's unpublished 'Amsterdam Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
It was rare and rarely exhibited. It may have been exhibited by the London print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) in 1890. 11 One impression was owned by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), who lent it to the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (
). 12
Impressions also appeared in two of the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 13
). 12 Impressions also appeared in two of the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 and in London in 1905. 13
12: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 286).
13: New York 1904a (cat. no. 288); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 355).
SALES & COLLECTORS
A brief note by Whistler gives the price of 'Church (Amsterdam)' and Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam [449] as £12.12.0. 14 Whistler sold one impression on 6 April 1891 to H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York for £12.12.0. 15 Another list, from about 1894, lists 'Church - Amsterdam' at £8.8.0, but it is not clear if a print was sold to Wunderlich's at that point, or if that was a record of a possible reduction in price. 16
Only three early collectors are known: Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (); Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (); and Harry Brisbane Dick (1855-1916), who acquired the cancelled impression ().
Only three early collectors are known: Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (
); Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (); and Harry Brisbane Dick (1855-1916), who acquired the cancelled impression ().14: [1889/1890], GUW #12723.
15: Heijbroek 1997, p. 88; Whistler to Wunderlich, GUW #13097.
16: [January/June 1894], GUW #07271.