The Palaces

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and open bite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8521

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 223, state vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

T. Agnews, London. (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock number a 65730). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

2003

  • "Whistler and His Circle in Venice", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; The Grolier Club, New York, 2003.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 187, iii/iii.

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. 223, state vi/vi.

Inscriptions

on tab: [butterfly] imp; lower right on verso: OW net

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021938

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