Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
A child on a couch, no. 1
Item Information
- Title:
- A child on a couch, no. 1
- Description:
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An incomplete sketch of a girl wearing a long dress, slightly indicated, who lies on a divan with her figure extended to the right, her right arm hanging by the side of the divan. There is a large disk in the background, toward the left. Near the right edge of the plate are sketches of two heads, one that of a girl wearing a round hat. The plate is unsigned.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1875–1876]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 13 x 21 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076k83w
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 124
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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From an impression from the cancelled plate.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000049
- Barcode:
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36666000099099
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