Bibi Lalouette

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on blue-gray laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 23.3 x 22.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.24.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 33, state iiaa/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased with the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • James McNeill Whistler, Tate Gallery, London; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 7.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 51, ii/ii.

1994

  • James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. Tate Gallery, London; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995: no. 7.

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. 33, state iiaa/ii.

Watermarks

Beehive / '18'[illeg] with elaborate leaves, surmounted by a flower

Wikidata ID

Q74036542

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