Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G456 state 1 of 1.
Provenance:
To 1893
H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1893 [1]
From 1893 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1893 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)
Whistler's Greatest Etchings: 1889 Amsterdam Set (June 28, 2003 to February 1, 2004)
Previous custodian or owner:
H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
