Title Page for "Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature"

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing featuring a group of figures surrounding a central seated figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The drawing includes sketched figures engaged with the individual who is seated. The style is loose and sketchy, with handwritten inscriptions and signatures present at the top and bottom of the work. The top text reads "James Whistler" and "Douze Eaux Fortes", while the bottom notes "Mon viel Ami, Seymour Haden". The scene captures a moment of interaction with a sense of spontaneity and unfinished detailing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.11 × 14.61 cm (4 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 26.04 × 25.56 cm (10 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.407

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 22, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Keppel & Co., New York); Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • Whistler, Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1952

1978

  • Artists and Their Circles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 25.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 22, only state. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858; upper right to center in plate: Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres Nature / par / James Whistler; lower center in plate: À / Mon viel Ami Seymour Haden.; upper right margin in black ink: Joseph Sidebotham Esqr / from his friend I.Y.N. / June 24th, 1878; lower right margin in graphite: The Cover for the French Set of Etchings

Wikidata ID

Q77012941

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