Upright Venice
1879-1880
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
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
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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