About the Artwork
The Little Putney, No. 1
between 1879 and 1883
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (13.3 × 20.6 cm) Sheet: 7 × 12 1/8 inches (17.8 × 30.8 cm)
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Gift of John S. Newberry
59.82
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Markings
Signed in plate, lower right center: [Whistler's butterfly device]
Inscribed, verso, lower left corner, A 96161 (dealer's stock number) and EX
Watermark: [small crown] | GF
Provenance
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Little Putney, No. 1, between 1879 and 1883, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 59.82.
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