The Gaiety Stage Door
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1879
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLithograph on chine collé
Dimensions17.8 x 22.2 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.r.58
eMuseum ID727477
EmbARK ObjectID13992
Original Number1.2.r.47
TMS Source ID2826
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. 13, no. 10.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87, ill.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 10.
From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), p. 49, no. 29, pl. 50.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 21.
Susan Hobbs. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 14.
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), pp. 47, 50, 43, fig. 45, no. 45.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87, ill.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 10.
From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), p. 49, no. 29, pl. 50.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 21.
Susan Hobbs. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 14.
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), pp. 47, 50, 43, fig. 45, no. 45.
MarksNotesSigned on stone (recto, left center): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center): The Gaiety Stage Door
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower left): W10
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower right): 46
Numbered in graphite (verso, upper left corner): 7-29-03 / 788
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center): The Gaiety Stage Door
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower left): W10
Inscribed in graphite (recto, lower right): 46
Numbered in graphite (verso, upper left corner): 7-29-03 / 788
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by September 1903.
