Street at Saverne
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1858
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on Japanese paper
Dimensions21.3 x 15.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.2.o.63
eMuseum ID726866
Original Number1.2.r.44
EmbARK ObjectID13997
TMS Source ID2831
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. 7.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 20, no. 11.
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), pp. 12-13, no. 19.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 8-9, no. 19.
Denys Sutton. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels, and Watercolours (London, 1966), pp. 8, 185, pl. 4.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 4, no. 9, pl. II.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), pp. 167, 296, pl. 78.
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. 43, 45, 55, 57, 61, 196, 278, no. 21.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), pp. 14-15, ill.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 63, 185-86, nos. 106, 107.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 36-37, no. 4.
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. 82-83, fig. 107, no. 120.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. Cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 14-15, 24-25, no. 1.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Street at Saverne." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 14, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 20, no. 11.
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), pp. 12-13, no. 19.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 8-9, no. 19.
Denys Sutton. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels, and Watercolours (London, 1966), pp. 8, 185, pl. 4.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 4, no. 9, pl. II.
David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1984), pp. 167, 296, pl. 78.
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. 43, 45, 55, 57, 61, 196, 278, no. 21.
Pierre Cabanne. Whistler (New York, 1985), pp. 14-15, ill.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), pp. 63, 185-86, nos. 106, 107.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 36-37, no. 4.
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. 82-83, fig. 107, no. 120.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. Cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 14-15, 24-25, no. 1.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "Street at Saverne." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 14, accessed 10 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (recto, lower left): Whistler
Inscribed in plate (recto, lower left): Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171 [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre; faintly visible]
Numbered in graphite (recto, upper left): 10
Numbered in graphite (verso): 36081
Inscribed in plate (recto, lower left): Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171 [printer's mark, Auguste Delâtre; faintly visible]
Numbered in graphite (recto, upper left): 10
Numbered in graphite (verso): 36081
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
