The Long Balcony, 1894

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903
  • Thomas Way and Son, English, active c.1878 - 1896

Transfer lithograph printed in black ink on heavy, off-white laid paper

  • Image: 8 × 6 3/8 inches (20.3 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 inches (28.3 × 22.9 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.51

Signed, on stone, upper right center of image: [Whistler's butterfly device] Signed, in graphite, lower center: [Whister's butterfly device]

Watermark: Fortune Figure with Van Gelder Zonen countermark [Art Institute of Chicago Whistler lithograph catalog no. 108]

Inscribed, in pencil, bottom right edge: W. 49. Inscribed, lower right corner: 3

1930, (Gordon Galleries, 37 Adams Avenue East, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Long Balcony, 1894, transfer lithograph printed in black ink on heavy, off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.51.