About the Artwork
Little Venice
ca. 1880
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Printer) American, 1834 - 1903
Etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 7 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.7 × 26.4 cm)
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Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith
62.56
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram; Signed, in graphite, below the plate line, lower left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram, followed by the abbreviation "imp."
Inscribed, in graphite, verso, lower left, in Whistler’s hand, ‘select proof,’ signed with a small tightly drawn Whistler butterfly monogram. Inscribed, in graphite, verso, in other hands, several dealer stock numbers: ‘a 45726' (crossed out), 'a 53998' (crossed out), 'D217', '253a'
Provenance
Henry Theodore de Witt [1853-1924] (New York, New York, USA) Lugt 2428Henry Graves, Jr. [1868-1953] (New York, New York, USA)
(H. Wunderlich & Co, New York, New York, USA)
Edward E. MacCrone; (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA);
1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Little Venice, ca. 1880, etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.56.
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