Little Greengrocer's Shop, Chelsea
Object Details
- Edition/State
- 2
- Label
- Greengrocers numbered among Whistler’s favorite shop-front motifs. Here, he visualized the flattened, closely cropped façade with its multipaned window grid to create a sense of controlled bounty. Single rectangles of glass frame individual bottles, each one carefully positioned on a top shelf within the store. A symmetrical display of artistically heaped fruits and vegetables spreads across a middle tier of shelves, while indistinct forms tumble across the lowest row of windows, with a shelf of produce out front. On the sidewalk, two large baskets brim over with large leafy vegetables.
- Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G264 state 2 of 2.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Frederick Keppel and Co., London, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., London, in 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)
- Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
- Whistler's Neighborhood: Impressions of a Changing London (September 8, 2012 to September 8, 2013)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 1884-1886
- Accession Number
- F1902.128
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Etching; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6.9 x 10.2 cm (2 11/16 x 4 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- etching (printing process)
- commerce
- fruit
- United States
- American Art
- store front
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.128
