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James McNeill Whistler

Liverdun, 1858

Not on View

series Title

Twelve Etchings From Nature

Medium

etching in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.8 x 15.24 cm (4 1/4 x 6 in.)

sheet: 15.88 x 20.74 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 13, state iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.8402

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

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Inscription

"J. Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques.171." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Liverdun" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2404)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931: Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 16, 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. 13, state iii/iii.