Ponte del Piovan

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.7 x 15.24 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.)
    sheet (includes tab with signature): 23.65 x 15.24 cm (9 5/16 x 6 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8544

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 220, state vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 81845?). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

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

1952

  • Etchings and Other Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA, 1952-1953, no cat.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 209, vi/vi.

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. 220, state vi/vi.

Inscriptions

on plate in street sign: street sign: PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO; on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly imp); on verso at lower centre:19; at lower right: Noxø or Nox6

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021961

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