Reading by Lamplight

Object Details

Edition/State: 2, 1
Label: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K32, first state; only impression.; Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G37 state 1 of 3.
Provenance: To 1905; Obach & Co., London, to 1905 [1]; From 1905 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1905 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, June 12, 1905, 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: Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012); Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)
Previous custodian or owner: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Topic: etching (printing process); woman; reading; United States; American Art; interior; Charles Lang Freer collection

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