Bead-Stringers, 1879/1880

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series Title

Venice, a Series of Twenty-six Etchings

Medium

etching and drypoint in dark brown on Asian laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.7 x 15.24 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.)

sheet (includes tab with inscription): 23.18 x 15.24 cm (9 1/8 x 6 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 235, no state listed

Accession Number

1943.3.8530

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

on plate: (butterfly) / 37 (above door); on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; butterfly of 1886/1887; lower right on verso: MK 36557 / 0227-400 (the '400' erased) / 31' (underlined)

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. 36557). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 198, viii/viii.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 235, no state listed.