Nocturne: Palaces

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Listed by E. G. Kennedy, 1910 as owned by Mrs H.O. Havemeyer; 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. 221.

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. 202, iv/ix.

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. 200, state vi/xii.

Inscriptions

lower left on the verso: butterfly 'imp.'; on tab: butterfly 'imp.' [butterfly of ca 1886]

Watermarks

Strasbourg Lily / 'FI' (script) (Chicago watermarks 284 and 285)

Wikidata ID

Q64958864

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