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1879-1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 17.78 cm (10 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8540

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 232, state iv/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.  

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 205.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 232, iv/vii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [the artist's butterfly] imp.

Wikidata ID

Q65021957

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