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James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to plate mark): 14.7 × 7.9 cm (5 13/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8635

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 414, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Frederick Wedmore [1844- 1921], London, (Lugt 1053. (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York). Bought July 1, 1928 by 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.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 392.

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. 414, only state.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. " c.15018; K 6275; J.2914; W.338; K.392" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

"(possibly FELLOWS / 1)801"

Wikidata ID

Q65022053

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