Nocturne: Dance House

1889

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown-black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1943.3.8644

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 455, state vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederick Keppel [1845-1912], New York. Albert W. Scholle [d. 1910], (Lugt 2923a), New York. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought December 6, 1928.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

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

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 408, 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. 455, state vi/vi.

Inscriptions

on tab: (butterfly) imp; on verso: butterfly at lower left (by Whistler): MK 30697; lower right: 408

Watermarks

PRO PATRIA

Wikidata ID

Q65022062

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