The Riva, No.II

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8541

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 230, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bought on 14 January 1928 by 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.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 206, 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. 230, only state.

Inscriptions

on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; lower right on verso 11544; UXV.; lower left: (DD774)

Wikidata ID

Q65021958

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