The Title Page for "Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature"
1858
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in brown-black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 11.11 × 14.61 cm (4 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
sheet: 15.88 × 24.13 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.611
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 22, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary E. Maxwell; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 7
1990
Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 14, repro
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 25.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 22, only state. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
upper left in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858; upper right to center in plate: Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres Nature / par / James Whistler; lower center in plate: À / Mon viel Ami Seymour Haden.; lower center edge in graphite by unkonwn hand: Title page
Watermarks
[not deciphered]
Wikidata ID
Q77013725