Nocturne

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1878

Details

Title: Nocturne
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: ca. 1878
Subject Keywords: Italy, marine views, Venice
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed on stone, lower right: butterfly monogram
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1938
Materials & Techniques: Wash lithograph on blue tinted chine collé
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Six were printed by Way for the set “Notes” in 1878; 100 were printed by Way for the set “Notes” in 1887. The 1878 “Notes” were published privately; the 1887 “Notes” were published by Boussod, Valadon & Co. (30 sets of six lithographs on large paper, signed; 70 sets of five lithographs on small paper, unsigned)
Dimensions: 1903
Bibliography: Way 5; Levy 11 (Levy 10 is a first state before the sky was lightened)
Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Accession Number: 1938.D1.46

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