Bead-Stringers
1880
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to the platemark): 23.02 × 15.4 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.403
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 235, state iv/xi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Henry Harper Benedict, New York; (Harlow, McDonald & Co., New York); Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
Whistler, Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1952
1982
Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 33
1990
Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 51, repro
2003
Whistler and His Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 94, no. 46, repro
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 198.
2003
Denker, Eric. Whistler and His Circle in Venice. Washington, DC: Merrell and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2003, p. 94, no. 46.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 235, iv/xi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Wikidata ID
Q77008716