The Little Mast

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a busy street scene near a waterfront. People and dogs are visible on the cobblestone street, with ships docked in the distance. The horizon, ships, and buildings are depicted with precise, delicate etching lines. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia tones. The sky features lightly sketched clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8519

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 196, state viii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 54718). J.Alden Weir [1852-1919], (not in Lugt). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); 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.

2003

  • "Whistler and His Circle in Venice", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 185, iv/iv.

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. 196, state viii/viii.

Wikidata ID

Q65021936

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