The Unsafe Tenement
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1858
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumEtching on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions21.6 x 22.4 cm (8 1/2 x 8 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.r.59
eMuseum ID727465
EmbARK ObjectID13993
Original Number1.1.r.34
TMS Source ID2827
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 5.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 19, no. 7.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 11-12, no. 17.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 8, no. 17.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971), p. 3, no. 6.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 36-38, 55, 57, 96, 165, 278, no. 19.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 68, no. 6.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 34-35, no. 3.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Unsafe Tenement." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 18, accessed 6 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 19, no. 7.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 11-12, no. 17.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 8, no. 17.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971), p. 3, no. 6.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 36-38, 55, 57, 96, 165, 278, no. 19.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 68, no. 6.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 34-35, no. 3.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Unsafe Tenement." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 18, accessed 6 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in etching: Whistler's butterfly signature
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
