The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0237
A street at Saverne
Date
A street at Saverne dates from September or October 1858. It is a study for Street at Saverne [14], which was published in 'Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature' (Twelve Etchings from Nature) in 1858.
A street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 237).
Images
A street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
Street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site
A street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
Saverne (Zabern) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France.
Technique
Composition
A street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
Street at Saverne, Freer Gallery of Art
This is a study for the etching Street at Saverne [14]. As printed in the 'French Set' it appears in reverse.
History
Provenance
- 1858: probably given to Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) or her husband Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910);
- 1898: sold through Wunderlich, New York dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building m0222.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Due to the conditions of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 237) as 'A street at Saverne'.
Books on Whistler
- Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- 'Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler', Freer/Sackler, Washington, DC, 2013-2014, website at https://www.freersackler.si.edu/exhibition.
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 167, pl. 78.
Websites
- Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012 (cat. no. 237) website.
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.147, as 'A Street at Saverne'.