About the Artwork
The Little Pool
1861
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 4 × 4 7/8 inches (10.2 × 12.4 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (18.1 × 22.5 cm)
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Bequest of Hal H. Smith
45.407
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Markings
Signed and dated in plate, left edge: Whistler 1861
Inscribed, in pencil, lower edge, 4667 (dealer stock number) Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left: Little Pool; lower right: E7 RW or 97 RW (possibly Richard Westall, Lugt 2250) (or 'G7RW' or 'GFRW')
Provenance
1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Little Pool, 1861, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.407.
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