The Little Mast, 1880

Not on View

series Title

Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings

Medium

etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 196, state viii/viii

Accession Number

1943.3.8519

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 54718). J.Alden Weir [1852-1919], (not in Lugt). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Weir, Julian Alden

Exhibition History

1931: Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

2003: "Whistler and His Circle in Venice", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 185, iv/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. 196, state viii/viii.