Savoy Scaffolding

c. 1887

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 17.7 × 8.1 cm (6 15/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.5.269

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 317, only state


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 267.

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. 317, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65076832


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