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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: Palaces, 1879-1880, published 1886-1887

Description

Maker

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, American

Title

Nocturne: Palaces

Year

1879-1880, published 1886-1887

Medium

Etching and drypoint with plate tone on medium weight cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • plate tone

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 29.4 x 20 cm (11 9/16 x 7 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto:signed in pencil on tab with butterfly monogram and imp.Verso:in pencil in LL:A96300 ; in LR:EOXV ; on tab:2

Identification

State

8th of 12

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.24

Projects & Publications

Publications

James McNeill Whistler

The Catalogue Raisonné

Whistler to Weidenaar

American Prints 1870-1950

Bulletin of Rhode Island School of Design, Museum Notes

The Etched Work of Whistler

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Private Collection Goes Public

September 18 - November 8, 1987

Master Prints from the Permanent Collection

June 21 - September 8, 1985

Use

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