Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler(American, 1834–1903)American, 1834–1903
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Kitchen
- from Douze eaux-fortes d'après nature (the French Set)
Date1858
MediumEtching and drypoint in black ink with foul biting and plate tone on cream Asian paper, state II/III
DimensionsPlate: 8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in. (22.7 × 15.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (31.4 × 20.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (31.4 × 20.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Art + Paper 2024
Object number2023.482
Not on view
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[1] Born in Hamden, Connecticut, Howard Mansfield studied at Yale and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He authored the well-known catalogue of Whistler’s etchings published in 1909 and owned a superb collection of the artist’s intaglio and lithographic works. Mansfield enjoyed a personal relationship with Whistler, often accompanying him on work-related excursions and benefiting from Whistler’s counsel on the matter of which prints to acquire. In 1919, working through the intermediary A. A. Hahlo & Co., Mansfield sold his Whistler collection to Harris G. Whittemore of Naugatuck, Connecticut, for a price said to be between $300,000 and $350,000.
[2] After amassing a large fortune in the iron industry, Harris G. Whittemore became one of the major buyers of graphic art, especially during the period between 1920 and 1930. Notable aspects of his collection include works by Rembrandt, van Dijck, Whistler, Degas, and Meyron.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: Whistler. / Imp. Delatre Rue St. Jacques 171
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom right corner: 13
Verso: Titled in graphite, center bottom edge: The Kitchen [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 3/-/-
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom right corner: 13
Verso: Titled in graphite, center bottom edge: The Kitchen [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 3/-/-
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: Whistler. [print]
Verso: Collector's mark of Harris G. Whittemore in black ink, bottom left corner [see Provenance]
Verso: Collector's mark of Howard Mansfield in blue ink, bottom right corner [see Provenance]
Verso: Collector's mark of Howard Mansfield in blue ink, bottom right corner [see Provenance]
Catalogue raisonnéGlasgow 16 II/III
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