Conversation Under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1893
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLithograph on laid paper
Dimensions27.9 x 17.8 cm (11 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.o.53
eMuseum ID727547
Previous NumberP17e87
Original Number2.1.o.14
EmbARK ObjectID13986
TMS Source ID2821
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesThomas Robert Way. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue (London, 1896), p. 21, no. 44.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), pp. 11-12, no. 29.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 130.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 71.
Susan Hobbs. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), p. 20.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 69.
Martha Tedeschi and Britt Salvesen. Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1999), p. 99, no. 135.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), pp. 11-12, no. 29.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 130.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 71.
Susan Hobbs. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), p. 20.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 69.
Martha Tedeschi and Britt Salvesen. Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998; Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1999), p. 99, no. 135.
MarksNotesSigned on stone (lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed in pencil (lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left): a23776 / am
Watermark
Signed in pencil (lower right): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower left): a23776 / am
Watermark
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
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