The Little Pool

1861

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum exchange)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.16 × 12.54 cm (4 × 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.54 × 14.92 cm (4 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.775

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 79, state ix/ix


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 13

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 35, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 74.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 79, ix/ix. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

center right in plate: Whistler 1861.

Watermarks

ERVEN D. BLAU [partial]

Wikidata ID

Q77012992


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