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Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of Whistler’s First Venice Set

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1879-1880

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

Details

  • Title: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of Whistler’s First Venice Set
  • Creator: James McNeill Whistler
  • Date Created: ca. 1879-1880
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned; inscribed, verso: small sketch of an arched doorway
  • Object Type: Drawings, 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), 1947
  • Materials & Techniques: Pencil drawing on white laid paper
  • Keywords: Italy, sketches, Venice
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Dimensions: Sheet dimensions: 113 mm x 177 mm (4.45 in. x 6.97 in.).
  • Bibliography: Deanna Marohn Bendix, Diabolical Designs (Smithsonian Institution, 1995), fig. 83, p. 219
  • Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
  • Accession Number: 1947.D1.303

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