Two Doorways

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a canal cityscape with buildings and a waterway. A man is seen at the edge of the water near an arched doorway, implying movement. The artwork appears to be an etching with detailed textures and a monochromatic sepia color palette. The scene features tall buildings and smaller architectural details in the distance.

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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

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 232.

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1986-1987.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2012

  • "Peintre-graveur: Adventures in Graphic Arts in the 19th Century", Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 193, iv/vi.

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. 221, state vii/xiii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); lower left on the verso: (butterfly, upside down); on tab: butterfly of 1886

Watermarks

WW countermark

Wikidata ID

Q64958852

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