Street at Saverne

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a street view from ground level, featuring a narrow, shadowed street flanked by tall buildings. The street curves slightly to the right in the distance, leading to more buildings and a faint bright area resembling open space or sky. The artwork uses controlled etching lines to depict texture and depth, with darker lines in the shadows for contrast. The color scheme is monochromatic with varying shades of black and white. A lone figure is walking away in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8405

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 14,state iii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 63645). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; Gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 19, iii/v.

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. 14,state iii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65021822

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