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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Venetian Mast, 1879/1880

Description

Maker

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, American

Title

The Venetian Mast

Year

1879/1880

Medium

Etching and drypoint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 34 x 16.2 cm (13 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto:Signed in pencil on tab with butterfly monogram and imp.Verso:in pencil in LL corner:a 36640In Plate--In center of left edge:butterfly monogram

Identification

State

10th of 12

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.29

Projects & Publications

Publications

James McNeill Whistler

The Catalogue Raisonné

The Etched Work of Whistler

Whistler's Etchings

A Study and a Catalogue

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Venetian Mast with the accession number of 84.198.29. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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