Canal, Ostend

1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a wide, flat landscape with a calm and expansive setting. The horizon is above the center, showcasing distant houses and small figures. Sketchy clouds and fine linework in black ink on sepia-toned paper create a sketch-like quality. Sparse details of grass and landscape are present in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 6.5 × 17.7 cm (2 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8621

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 352, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 33626). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York (Lugt 1298). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 353.

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. 352, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); lower right on the verso (the st superscript with a dot underneath:The Canal - Ostende / 1st State [there is a backslash below 'state' and above the butterfly]

Watermarks

partial Arms of Amsterdam

Wikidata ID

Q65022037

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