Nocturne: Palaces, 1879/1880

Not on View

series Title

Venice, a Series of Twenty-six Etchings

Medium

etching and drypoint in brownish-black ink on laid paper

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 200, state vi/xii

Accession Number

1942.15.19

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on the verso: butterfly 'imp.'; on tab: butterfly 'imp.' [butterfly of ca 1886]

Provenance

Listed by E. G. Kennedy, 1910 as owned by Mrs H.O. Havemeyer; 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

Webb, J. Watson, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1963: American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 221.

2012: "Peintre-graveur: Adventures in Graphic Arts in the 19th Century", Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 202, iv/ix.

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. 200, state vi/xii.