The Silk Dress
c. 1873
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 20.64 x 13.02 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
sheet: 28.26 x 20.64 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.5.539
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kennedy 1910, no. 107, ii/ii
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, 17 January 1949, lot 175); (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. 107, ii/ii.
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. 151, state ii/ii.
Wikidata ID
Q65076978