The Doorway

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1879

Details

Title: The Doorway
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: ca. 1879
Subject Keywords: doorways, Italy, Venice
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil on tab, lower left: butterfly monogram and “imp”; inscribed in plate, upper left: butterfly monogram; inscribed in pencil on verso, upper left: “5”
Set or Series Title: Venice, Whistler, Twelve Etchings (The First Venice Set)
Print State: Fourth of seven states
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), 1952
Materials & Techniques: Etching, drypoint, and roulette printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From the set “Venice, Whistler, Twelve Etchings,” known as the “First Venice Set,” published by the Fine Art Society, London, 1880
Dimensions: 1903
Bibliography: Kennedy 188 iv/vii
Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Accession Number: 1952.D1.1

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