About the Artwork
Bibi Valentin
1859
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid japan paper
Plate: 6 × 9 inches (15.2 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 7 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (18.7 × 18.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman
46.167
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Markings
Signed in plate, lower left: Whistler,
Dated, lower left: 1859 Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: A96359 Lower right: YC
Provenance
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Bibi Valentin, 1859, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.167.
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