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James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Myron A. Hofer

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 13.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.10.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 92

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Myron A. Hofer [1893-1963]; gift to NGA 1947

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

  • American Graphic Art from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day, NGA, 1948.

1964

  • Prints by Whistler from the National Gallery of Art Collection, NGA, 1964.

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987.

2003

  • Whistler, Women, & Fashion, Frick Collection, New York, 2003.

2022

  • The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 24.

  • The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 24.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 92, ii/iii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 93, iv/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler / 63

Wikidata ID

Q65076767

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