Long Lagoon

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is an etching showing a view from a raised perspective overlooking a calm body of water towards a distant city skyline. The composition includes architectural outlines such as a dome and spires at the horizon, with ships and boats masts to the right, and vertical poles in the water as navigational markers. Delicate linework is used, and the color palette is limited to soft sepia tones, creating a tranquil mood.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.92 x 22.54 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet (includes tab with signature): 15.56 x 22.54 cm (6 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8535

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 215

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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, no. 58.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 203, i/ii.

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. 215, no state listed.

Inscriptions

on tab: butterfly 'imp.'

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021952

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