Passages de l'Opera

1888

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Printer, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to plate mark): 12.7 × 21.5 cm (5 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8651

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 386, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York). Bought November 10, 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, 1978, no. 418.

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. 386, only state.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "PASSAGES DE L'OPERA / VINS & LIQUERS [sic]" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "mk 30698" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "10386" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[Crowned GR countermark]

Wikidata ID

Q65022069

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