La Vielle aux Loques
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1858
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions21 x 14.6 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.o.62
eMuseum ID726796
EmbARK ObjectID13996
Original Number1.1.r.35
TMS Source ID2830
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. 9.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 21, no. 14.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 11.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 14, no. 21.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 9, no. 21.
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "La Vielle aux Loques" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vi, 5, no. 15.
Columbia University and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York, 1971), pp. 35-36, no. 3.
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, 50-52, 55, 57, 191, 278, no. 23.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), p. 16, ill.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 14-15, 105.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "La Vieille aux Loques" James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 27, accessed 9 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Ellen Promise, "Conserving the Works on Paper of the Short Gallery," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 April 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/conserving-works-paper-short-gallery
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 21, no. 14.
Théodore Duret. Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre (Paris, 1904), p. 11.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), p. 14, no. 21.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 9, no. 21.
Denys Sutton. "'Un Monsieur Rare, Prince en Quelque Chose...'" and "La Vielle aux Loques" in P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. vi, 5, no. 15.
Columbia University and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York, 1971), pp. 35-36, no. 3.
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, 50-52, 55, 57, 191, 278, no. 23.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), p. 16, ill.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 14-15, 105.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "La Vieille aux Loques" James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 27, accessed 9 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Ellen Promise, "Conserving the Works on Paper of the Short Gallery," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 April 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/conserving-works-paper-short-gallery
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right): "Whistler" [reversed "s"]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
