James Abbott McNeill Whistler
La Vieille aux Loques (The old woman with rags)

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • La Vieille aux Loques (The old woman with rags)
  • from Douze eaux-fortes d'après Nature (Twelve Etchings from Nature), The 'French Set'
Date1858
MediumEtching with drypoint on laid paper, state IV/IV
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/16 × 5 3/4 in. (20.5 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (27.3 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank J. Hevrdejs
Object number2021.617
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Virginia before 2021; [Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, 24 June 2021, lot 87]; purchased by Frank Hevrdejs, 2021; given to MFAH, 2021
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Label at top left corner: GE / 16497
Verso: Inscribed in graphite at top left corner, under label: 9448 I
Inside mat: Inscribed in graphite: 9848-i
Sticker on verso of mat: 6752-3
Sticker on verso of mat: SHANNON'S / FINE ART AUCTIONS / www.shannons.com / 87 / June 24, 2021
Signed in plate, bottom right edge: Whistler
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