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Balcony, Amsterdam

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker)

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Title/s

Balcony, Amsterdam

Maker/s

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker) American artist, 1834-1903

Category

print

Name

print

School/Style

British

Production Notes

Third state

Technique/s

etching

drypoint

Material/s

black carbon ink (medium)
laid paper (support)

Dimensions

height: 271 mm
width: 170 mm

Date

1889

Provenance

given: Lewis, Elizabeth Lady 1919-11 (Prints given by Lewis, Elizabeth Lady)
Given by Whistler to Lady Elizabeth Lewis (Mrs George Lewis) (1844-1931)

Inscriptions/Marks

  1. Position: lower left
    Type: signature
    Method: graphite
    Content: [monogram] imp.
    Description: on tab
  2. Position: centre, upper layer of the original mount (kept separately)
    Type: monogram
    Method: pen and ink
    Content:
    Description: butterfly
  3. Position: centre, upper layer of the original mount (kept separately)
    Type: dedication
    Method: pen and ink
    Content: To Mrs. George Lewis

Standard print ref/s

Wedmore (Whistler) 262
Wedmore, Frederick
 (1899) Whistler's etchings; a study and a catalogue , London? : P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

Mansfield 404 III
Mansfield, Howard
 (1909) A descriptive catalogue of the etchings and dry-points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler , Chicago : Caxton Club

Kennedy 405 III
Kennedy, Edward G.
 (1978) The etched work of Whistler , San Francisco : Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

Documentation

  1. Wedmore, Frederick (1899) Whistler's etchings; a study and a catalogue, London?: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

Accession Number

P.2070-R (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 10113; Input Date: 2000-07-19 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

Related Object

P.91-1959 - Balcony, Amsterdam

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