James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Rag Gatherers (Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris)

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Rag Gatherers (Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris)
Date1858
Place depictedParis, France
MediumEtching with drypoint on laid paper, state V/V
DimensionsPlate: 5 15/16 × 3 7/16 in. (15.1 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank J. Hevrdejs
Object number2021.618
Non exposé

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ProvenanceKeppel Estate; Private Collection, Connecticut; [Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, 24 June 2021, lot 88]; purchased by Frank Hevrdejs, 2021; given to MFAH, 2021
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker on verso of frame: 6727-9
Sticker on verso of frame: SHANNON'S / FINE ART AUCTIONS / www.shannons.com / 88 / June 24, 2021
Label on verso of frame: LITTLE RAG GATHERS - James A. / McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Original / etching. Fine impression of the fifth / state of five. Signed and dated in plate, / Whistler, 1858. This proof from the / Keppel estate. Kennedy 23.6" x 3 1/2" / $325. / Page 7 / 1974
Signed and dated in plate, lower right edge: Whistler / 1858
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