Artist
James Abbott McNeill WhistlerAmerican, 1834–1903
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Nocturne
- from the First Venice Set
Date1879/1880
Place depictedVenice, Italy
MediumEtching and drypoint in brown on ivory laid paper, state VI/IX
DimensionsPlate: 8 × 11 3/4 in. (20.3 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (21.1 × 30 cm)
Mat: 15 7/8 × 19 1/8 in. (40.3 × 48.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (21.1 × 30 cm)
Mat: 15 7/8 × 19 1/8 in. (40.3 × 48.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object number2014.844
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto, on small tab at lower edge left, in graphite: [Whistler's butterfly monogram] imp.
Catalogue raisonnéGlasgow 222, IX (e),/IX (1); Kennedy 184 IV/V, most of the impressions delivered to the FAS were state nine. The plate was cancelled in 1889.
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