Nocturne

Nocturne

Item Information

Title:
Nocturne
Description:
At the right, seen across the Bay of Venice, is the island of San Giorgio, above which rises the dome and the campanile of the church. At the left a large vessel with three masts lies at anchor. At the extreme left, rises the dome of another church. In the distance is a line of shipping. The plate is unsigned.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Bays (Bodies of water)
Sailing ships
Churches
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 21 x 30 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n597
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 184
Additional information: One of twelve etchings (First Venetian set)
Handwritten on item: Early proof of fine quality.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
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):
Fourth state of five.
Several diagonal lines from right to left have been added on the stern of the steamer and on the cathedral at right; there are fine, short diagonal lines in the sky to the right of the steamer. Rich effect of printing (J. H. Wrenn).
Identifier:
17_14_000180
W. 418 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188561