The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea
1878
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Publisher, British

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
plate: 17.46 × 30.16 cm (6 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 22.23 × 35.24 cm (8 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3260
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 182, state iii/iii
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. 175.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 182, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
upper left in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: a96156- / K175 Adam & Eve | II state; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a96156 - rx / a50674 [strikethrough]
Wikidata ID
Q77010130