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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Eden versus Whistler
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Eden versus Whistler

author (American, 1834 - 1903)
publisher (active Paris, turn of the 20th century)
Date1899
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions26 x 19.7 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.3.17
eMuseum ID727633
EmbARK ObjectID19189
TMS Source ID6647
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryThis book records, in an innovative and entertaining way, a lawsuit between Whistler and Sir William Eden, who had commissioned Whistler to paint a portrait of his wife but would not agree to the artist’s fee. Whistler signed this book with his hallmark butterfly signature and added a brief tribute to Isabella: “To Mrs. Gardner—Whose appreciation of the work of Art is only equalled by her understanding of the Artist!”
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 70.
MarksNotesInscribed and signed (in ink): To Mrs. Gardner - Whose appreciation of the work of Art is only equalled by her understanding of the Artist! [with butterfly signature]
ProvenanceNotesGift from James McNeill Whistler to Isabella Stewart Gardner about 1899.
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1878
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1884
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1883
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1890
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1879-1880
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1879-1880
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1880-1881
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1880-1881
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1879-1880
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1880-1881
(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James McNeill Whistler
1879-1880