Long House - Dyer's - Amsterdam

1889

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a rustic house by a body of water. The house has a weathered appearance with intricate line work depicting its aged textures. There is a reflection of the house in the water. The color palette is sepia, giving the image an antique feel. Wooden posts and figures on the porch can be seen up close.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8642

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 453, state vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York). Bought December 6, 1928 by 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.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 27, repro.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 406, iii/iii.

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. 453, state vi/vi.

Inscriptions

butterfly in graphite at lower right on the verso by Whistler; on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower left on verso: MK 30695

Watermarks

partial DHK countermark (Chicago watermark 108)

Wikidata ID

Q65022060

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