Nocturne
1879/1880
James McNeill Whistler
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Dimensions
plate: 20.32 × 29.21 cm (8 × 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.96 × 29.53 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1942.15.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 222, state vi/ix
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 222.
2012
"Peintre-graveur: Adventures in Graphic Arts in the 19th Century", Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 38.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 184, iii/v.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 222, state vi/ix.
2016
National Gallery of Art. Highlights from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2016: 240, repro.
Inscriptions
on tab: (butterfly of 1880/1881); by later hand on verso: [abstract] butterfly
Watermarks
[none]
Wikidata ID
Q64958834