Archway, Brussels
date: label: Date
content: 1887
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Label
content: A dramatically arched gate marks the entrance to the narrow Impasse des Liserons, just off the High Street in Brussels, Belgium. Whistler included signage clearly identifying the enterprise at left, fronting the High Street itself. The door stands invitingly open, the windows are crammed with goods, and the shop sign “VANDENBROECK · DE BECKER · BOULANGER · 337.” identifies a bakery that served the old working-class neighborhood of Les Marolles.
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 G344 state 1 of 1.
label: Provenance
content: Cox Collection [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1903
label: Provenance
content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1903 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 1, July 11- November 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] 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: Cox Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (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: commerce
label: Topic
content: child
label: Topic
content: architecture
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: store front
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: F1903.169
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: 12.6 x 21.6 cm (4 15/16 x 8 1/2 in)