The Venetian Mast

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a street scene with buildings on either side. A tall pole with an ornamental top is at the center. In the foreground, there are women sewing or mending, depicted with more detail than figures in the distance. The color palette is monochromatic in earthy browns and sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (includes tab with signature): 34.29 × 16.19 cm (13 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8529

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 219, no state listed

  • Series Title

    Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings

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.

1973

  • Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD, 1973.

2022

  • Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2022.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 195, vi/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. 219, no state listed.

Inscriptions

on plate: butterfly; on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; on vero: '195' on verso

Watermarks

Strasbourg lily / FI (script) (Chicago watermarks 284 and 285)

Wikidata ID

Q65021946

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