Turkeys

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a courtyard scene featuring a stone structure with stairs, a woman holding a basket near a stone well, small birds, and a building with windows and vines. The drawing is created with a sketchy, light touch.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.96 x 13.34 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet (includes tab with signature): 21.91 x 13.34 cm (8 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8531

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 236 , state i/ii

  • Series Title

    Venice, a Series of Twenty-six Etchings

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased January 15, 1928 by 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.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 194.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 199, i/ii.

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. 236 , state i/ii.

Inscriptions

on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; lower centre on the verso: Turkeys; by Harold Wright at lower center: K.199i; lower right, both on the verso: (DD856) 1000

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021948

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