Quai de Montebello
1893
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Printer, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 15.1 × 22.7 cm (5 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.8650
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 385, state ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Knoedler & Co., New York). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 2936). 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. 417, ii/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. 385, state ii/iii.
Inscriptions
[Whistler's butterflly signature] upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Quai de Montebello" [mirrored] lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Eque DE COMPAS" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "c287" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "mk32576" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. [illeg. signature] verso, center right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Henry Harper Benedict collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink (Lugt 2936).
Watermarks
"DHK"
Wikidata ID
Q65022068