The Riva, No. 1, ca. 1880

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper

  • Image (and sheet): 8 × 11 3/4 inches (20.3 × 29.8 cm)

Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith

62.53

Signed, in plate, upper left edge, 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 pencil, in Whistler's hand, verso, lower right corner, 'specially chosen' with two quality 'o's and a small tight example of Whistler's butterfly monogram. Inscribed, in another hand, verso, NK (or MK or MC) and 'charm;" and, lower left, 14419 (a dealer stock number).

Albert Henry Wiggin [1868-1951] (Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, USA), Lugt 2820A (Kennedy Galleries, 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)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Riva, No. 1, ca. 1880, etching printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.53.