Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels
date: label: Date
content: 1887
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Label
content: During a visit to Brussels in September 1887, Whistler sought out appealing subjects in the working-class quarters of Les Marolles, a historic district dating back to the Middle Ages. The shops Whistler etched on Little Butter Street are built against the south walls of the church of St. Nicholas. By cropping out the church, which towers above the buildings in the scene, Whistler aligned this rare image, one of only three recorded, with other close-up shop fronts he encountered in Britain, France, and elsewhere.
label: Label
content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonn&‌eacute;," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G341 state 1 of 1.
label: Provenance
content: To 1888
label: Provenance
content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1888 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: etching (printing process)
label: Topic
content: architecture
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: store front
label: Topic
content: city
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1888.19
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching; ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 13.5 x 9.7 cm (5 5/16 x 3 13/16 in)