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James McNeill Whistler

Garden, 1880

Not on View

series Title

Venice, a Series of Twenty-six Etchings

Medium

etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 194, state v/xv

Accession Number

1942.15.27

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

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Inscription

on plate: (butterfly); lower left on the verso: Whistler x (upside down); on tab: butterfly 'imp.'

Provenance

Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.

Associated Names

Webb, J. Watson, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1963: American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 214.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 210, iv/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. 194, state v/xv.

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