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The Doorway
Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
History note: H. Wunderlich & Co./Kennedy & Co., New York, probably during Whistler’s lifetime, and possibly consigned by him (stock number a19900 inscribed in graphite on the verso; date deduced from comparison with stock number a37215 on a print acquired in 1902 by H. Wunderlich & Co., which became Kennedy & Co. in 1912 and was later renamed Kennedy Galleries); private collection, United States, from which consigned to Christie’s sale, New York, 1 May 2007 lot 22 ($38,400), from which sale bought by C. G. Boerner.
Bought from the Gow Fund with the help of the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (2008)
19th Century
1879
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1880
Support
composed of
paper
( antique laid paper trimmed by the artist)
Plate
Height 294 mm
Width 200 mm
Sheet
Height 298 mm
Width 206 mm
Etching
: Printed with surface tone and ‘monotype’ wiping in brown ink
Drypoint
Roulette
Inscription present: Whistler’s butterfly monogram and imp. (indicating that Whistler printed the impression himself)
Inscription present: a19900 is the Kennedy Galleries stock number
Accession number: P.2-2008
Primary reference Number: 161015
Kennedy: 188 VI/VII
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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