About the Artwork
Bibi Valentin
1859
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed on laid japan paper
Plate: 6 × 9 inches (15.2 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (22.2 × 31.1 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
21.38
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Markings
Signed in plate, lower left:' Whistler. 1859.'
Inscribed, verso,in pencil, lower left, A78514 (a dealer's stock number) Inscribed, verso, lower right, red ink; '36 / 'YC' with pencil 'EH' written over it. Compare to the related inscription on DIA no. 21.68, which was purchased from the same seller at the same time.
Provenance
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1968, no. 31.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Bibi Valentin, 1859, etching and drypoint printed on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.38.
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