Nocturnal Note

probably 1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.4 × 13.8 cm (5 11/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8819

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 797

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Otto H. Bacher (Lugt 2002), 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.

2005

  • "Whistler - Music", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2005.

2006

  • The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006.

Bibliography

1908

  • Bacher, O., WITH WHISTLER IN VENICE, New York: 1908, reproduced opposite p.52.

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 797.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite by unknown hand: Nocturnal / note / by Whistler

Markings

lower left in red ink: O.H. Bacher stamp; lower left verso in black ink: Lessing J. Rosenwald stamp; lower left verso in blue ink: NGA's stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64580662

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