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Print of figures gathered around door

Several figures stand inside a dark doorway on the left side of this image. They appear nicely dressed in suits and decorative hats. The door opens onto an exterior street. A figure sits on the curb to the left, and more figures stand on the sidewalk. There is a marquee on the wall to the right. A horse-drawn carriage stands in the street. This image is drawn in thick strokes of graphite, so the scene is suggested with gesture and density of shading rather than detailed features. Whistler’s “butterfly” signature appears to the left of the door.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8273
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Gaiety Stage Door
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Notes, 1887
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1879
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280273

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph with scraping
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
chine collé: 18 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left on mount, graphite, handwritten: Fogg label
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, handwritten: print authority number: W 10
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, handwritten: dealer/collector inventory number (?): a75928
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, brown ink, stamp: initials T.R.W. in a rectangle: Lugt 2456, Thomas R. Way
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, handwritten: letters: OX
  • inscription: lithgraphed at center left: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederick Keppel & Co., Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Thomas R. Way, (2456).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 10; Art Institute of Chicago 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8273
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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