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James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.08 × 22.7 cm (5 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.62 × 25.24 cm (6 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3256

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 53, state iii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 44.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 53, iii/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler. 1859.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a41837

Watermarks

De Erven D. Blauw

Wikidata ID

Q77010117

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