The Pantheon from the Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens |  Art Institute of Chicago (1948.38) | |
| Number: | 473 | |
| Date: | 1893/1894 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 82 x 200 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.429; M.419 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
The Pantheon from the Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
Tracing the history of this etching is very difficult since the title and subject are similar to several other etchings including
Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens 443,
The Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens, No. 2 444,
Balustrade, Luxembourg Gardens 465 and
Bébés, Jardin du Luxembourg 463.
It may have been first exhibited at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1899, during Whistler's Presidency. 9 Impressions were shown by the print dealers Obach & Co. in London in 1903, and at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 10
It may have been first exhibited at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1899, during Whistler's Presidency. 9 Impressions were shown by the print dealers Obach & Co. in London in 1903, and at the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905. 10
9: London ISSPG 1899 (cat. no. 247).
10: London Obach 1903 (cat. no. 248); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 383).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression through Whistler's sales outlet, the Company of the Butterfly, in 1902 for £12.12.0 (). 11 This was bequeathed with the rest of Freer's unique collection to the Freer Gallery of Art. Mrs Herbert F. Perkins (dates unknown) also bought an impression, but when is not known; this was later given to the Art Institute of Chicago ().
11: Whistler to C. L. Freer, [June 1902], GUW #09089.