The Doorway

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1943

  • Whistler Etchings, NGA, 1943.

1947

  • Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, NGA, 1947.

1951

  • Etchings by Whistler, NGA, 1951.

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 208.

1964

  • Prints by Whistler from the National Gallery of Art Collection, NGA, 1964.

1973

  • Venetian Views: Etchings by Canaletto and Whistler, NGA, 1973.

1993

  • Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993.

2022

  • Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2022.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 188, vi/vii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 193, state xiv/xx.

Inscriptions

on plate: [ butterfly]; on verso: [butterfly (upside down)]; lower left on verso: Ex; on tab: [butterfly]

Watermarks

WW countermark

Wikidata ID

Q64958838


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