Lobster-Pots

c. 1880/1881

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a collection of dome-shaped baskets and nets on the ground, with a simple horizon in the background. The color scheme is monochromatic with dark gray and black outlines on a light beige background. The objects are positioned in various groupings across the lower half of the image.

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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. 218.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 235, i/iii.

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. 241, state iv/iv.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; below plate in pencil: (butterfly); Illegible symbol lower right on the verso:[possibly] Ex

Watermarks

partial 'WR' from Hunting horn in shield or Strasbourg Lily

Wikidata ID

Q64958894

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