Bead-Stringers

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.7 x 15.24 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.)
    sheet (includes tab with inscription): 23.18 x 15.24 cm (9 1/8 x 6 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8530

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 235, no state listed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. 36557). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.  

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 198, viii/viii.

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. 235, no state listed.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly) / 37 (above door); on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; butterfly of 1886/1887; lower right on verso: MK 36557 / 0227-400 (the '400' erased) / 31' (underlined)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021947

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