Two Doorways

c. 1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a Venetian canal scene in an etching style. A large, arched stone doorway and building walls are depicted with intricate lines. The canal leads the eye towards a bridge in the distance. The color palette is monochromatic sepia. Water reflections and a gondola in the canal add detail to the scene. The composition uses light and shadow to highlight architectural details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brownish-black ink on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8525

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 221, state viii/xiii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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.

2012

  • "Peintre-graveur: Adventures in Graphic Arts in the 19th Century", Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 193, v/vi.

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. 221, state viii/xiii.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: butterfly of ca 1886

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021942

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