The White Tower

c. 1875

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Printer, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.26 × 18.7 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.5 × 33.2 cm (7 11/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8484

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 179, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julian Alden Weir [1852-1919]. (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 38971). (Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. mk 16290). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c), purchased 10, November, 1928; 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. 150.

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. 179, only state.

Inscriptions

"[Whistler's butterfly signature] imp" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "The White Tower" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Colll. J Alden Weir." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "a38971 [stricken] / mk 16290" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Very rare." lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "J.M.W." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "16290 mk" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg. paragraph written in script]" verso, lower right sheet, brown ink, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65021901

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