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James McNeill Whistler

The Beggars, 1879/1880

Not on View

series Title

Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (includes tab with signature): 31.12 × 20.96 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 190, state xii/xvii

Accession Number

1942.15.11

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

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Inscription

lower left on the verso: Whistler / 1 (upside down); tab: butterfly imp.

Provenance

Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.

Associated Names

Webb, J. Watson, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1943: Whistler Etchings, NGA, 1943.

1947: Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, NGA, 1947.

1951: Etchings by Whistler, NGA, 1951.

1959: Whistler Etchings, NGA, 1959.

1963: American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 202.

1973: Venetian Views: Etchings by Canaletto and Whistler, NGA, 1973.

2022: Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2022.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 194, vii/ix.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 190, state xii/xvii.