The Tiny Pool
1876/1878
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 9.84 × 6.67 cm (3 7/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
sheet: 20.64 × 14.61 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.1494
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 167, state iii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; 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. 27
1990
Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 42, repro
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 173.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 167, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: [the artist's butterfly]
Markings
stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q77013003