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The Traghetto, No. 2
ca. 1880
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Printer) American, 1834 - 1903
Etchin and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper
Image (and sheet): 9 3/8 × 12 inches (23.8 × 30.5 cm)
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Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith
62.55
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in plate, center 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, x-22; and lower center, A 59234 (dealer’s stock number)
Watermark: Strasbourg Lily
Provenance
Courtland Field Bishop [1870-1935] (New York, New York and Lenox, Massachusetts, USA) Lugt 2770b. (Probable).November 19-20, 1935, sold by (American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, New York, USA,) auction of art from the estate of the late Courtland Field Bishop, lot 193 (illus.), an impression of Traghetto, No. 2, Kennedy state v/vi, that sold for $1800. (Probable.)
(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)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Traghetto, No. 2, ca. 1880, etchin and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.55.
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