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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15157
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Lady Haden, unfinished sketch
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262476

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on white china paper applied to white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
secondary sheet: 38.8 × 26.6 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
china paper: 32 × 21 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left secondary sheet corner, graphite: W.143
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, brown stamp: T.R.W. [within a rectangular bornderline]: [(Lugt 2456) Thomas R. Way]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left corner, brown stamp: female figure of victory over OG [(Lugt 2785) Otto Gerstenberg]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite:
    W. / 143 / Lady Haden / Ng[?] Th. R. Way
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 15,157 [Lugt 936]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B 314 [underlined]
  • inscription: in background above the sitter's proper right arm, lithographed: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
O. Gerstenberg, (2785).
Thomas R. Way, (2456).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Way 143; Art Institute of Chicago 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
M15157
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

Verification Level

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