La Mère Gérard
primary
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
printer
Auguste Delâtre
(Paris, 1822 - 1907, Paris)
Date1858
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on laid paper
Dimensions13 x 9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.o.60
eMuseum ID727508
Original Number1.3.o.51
EmbARK ObjectID13994
TMS Source ID2828
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.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 6.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 20, no. 9.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), pp. 11-12.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 9, no. 13.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 6, no. 11.
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "La Mère Gérard" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vi, 3, 8, no. 5.
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. 28, 31-33, 57, 272, 277, no. 15.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 64, 111, no. 1.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. Whistler, Women & Fashion. Exh. cat. (New York: The Frick Collection, 2003), pp. 213, 219, fig. 212.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "La Mère Gérard." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 24, accessed 7 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 20, no. 9.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), pp. 11-12.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 9, no. 13.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 6, no. 11.
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "La Mère Gérard" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vi, 3, 8, no. 5.
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. 28, 31-33, 57, 272, 277, no. 15.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 64, 111, no. 1.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. Whistler, Women & Fashion. Exh. cat. (New York: The Frick Collection, 2003), pp. 213, 219, fig. 212.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "La Mère Gérard." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 24, accessed 7 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower left): "Whistler"
Signed and inscribed in plate (lower center): "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171" [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre]
Numbered in graphite (verso, center): a42911
Inscribed in graphite (verso): vo / Ex
Watermark: 1817
Signed and inscribed in plate (lower center): "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171" [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre]
Numbered in graphite (verso, center): a42911
Inscribed in graphite (verso): vo / Ex
Watermark: 1817
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
