Steps, Amsterdam
1889
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.7 x 16.4 cm (9 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1987.41.75
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 452, state iv/v
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson [c. 1829-1891], London, (Lugt 2921); Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 347); (Deprez & Gutekunst). Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 403, iii/iv.
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. 452, state iv/v.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower right on the verso of the matboard, along with the title and Kennedy number: 15oo (the oo superscript and underlined)
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q74876935