Bucking Horse

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.3 x 18.3 cm (3 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.1 x 20.1 cm (4 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1987.41.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 295, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 45960). Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.  

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 315.

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. 295, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right butterfly signature in graphite below plate mark; lower left in plate butterfly signature; lower left verso in graphite: a45960 / R10447

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q74876927

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