The Tiny Pool

1876/1878

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • 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

  • 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


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