The Long Balcony

1894

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Artist Thomas Way and Son, Printer

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About the Artwork

Title The Long Balcony

Artwork Date 1894

Makers James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 Thomas Way and Son (Printer) English, active c.1878 - 1896

Medium Transfer lithograph printed in black ink on heavy, off-white laid paper

Dimensions Image: 8 × 6 3/8 inches (20.3 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 inches (28.3 × 22.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 30.51

Markings

Signed Signed, on stone, upper right center of image: [Whistler's butterfly device] Signed, in graphite, lower center: [Whister's butterfly device]

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, bottom right edge: W. 49. Inscribed, lower right corner: 3

Marks Watermark: Fortune Figure with Van Gelder Zonen countermark [Art Institute of Chicago Whistler lithograph catalog no. 108]

Provenance

1930, (Gordon Galleries, 37 Adams Avenue East, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Long Balcony, 1894, transfer lithograph printed in black ink on heavy, off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.51.