Little Venice

ca. 1880

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Printer

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About the Artwork

Title Little Venice

Artwork Date ca. 1880

Makers James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Printer) American, 1834 - 1903

Medium Etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 7 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.7 × 26.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 62.56

Markings

Signed Signed, in plate, lower left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram; Signed, in graphite, below the plate line, lower left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram, followed by the abbreviation "imp."

Inscriptions Inscribed, in graphite, verso, lower left, in Whistler’s hand, ‘select proof,’ signed with a small tightly drawn Whistler butterfly monogram. Inscribed, in graphite, verso, in other hands, several dealer stock numbers: ‘a 45726' (crossed out), 'a 53998' (crossed out), 'D217', '253a'

Provenance

Henry Theodore de Witt [1853-1924] (New York, New York, USA) Lugt 2428 Henry Graves, Jr. [1868-1953] (New York, New York, USA) (H. Wunderlich & Co, New York, New York, USA) Edward E. MacCrone

(Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Little Venice, ca. 1880, etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.56.