Upright Venice

1879-1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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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: 25.4 × 17.78 cm (10 × 7 in.)
    sheet (with tab): 26.19 × 17.78 cm (10 5/16 × 7 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3263

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 232, state vii/vii


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. 205.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 232, vii/vii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [the artist's butterfly] imp.; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Up. Venice; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: D307 / 961045 [strikethrough] / C10562 [strikethrough] / C14916; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: RSM / 17 / MS 6875

Wikidata ID

Q77010135


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