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1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows an architectural structure, possibly an entrance of a building, as seen from the outside. There is an open area with stairs leading up to a doorway. A person is seated at the bottom of the stairs with their feet in a water-like surface. Further up, two figures can be seen standing within a shadowy archway. The brushstrokes are delicate and sketch-like, with fine lines creating a textured effect. The color palette is monochromatic warm sepia. The walls around the doorway are rough and overgrown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8545

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 194, state xv/xv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 14 January 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.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 210, 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. 194, state xv/xv.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: butterfly 'imp.'; lower right on verso: c.11494' ; 'R 2730' (upside down)

Watermarks

IV (large) countermark (Chicago watermark 193)

Wikidata ID

Q65021962

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