Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
The doorway
Item Information
- Title:
- The doorway
- Description:
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Upon the border of a canal, a great doorway, set within a round arch and open below a grille of iron framework wrought in squares, is flanked by round-arched windows barred with iron grilles of diamond pattern; the whole encased by moldings of elaborate stone carving. Beyond heavy doors, swung back over a broad stone platform, a dark passageway, from the ceiling of which chairs are hung, leads by irregular steps to a court, lighted by barred windows, where people are at work. At the right side of the doorway, a girl stands on the second step leading from the canal, and back of her, in the shadow, stands a woman. The butterfly, shaded, appears above the arch of the window at the left.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1879–1880]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- 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
- Subjects:
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Canals
Doors & doorways
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 29 x 21 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n67x
- 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. 188
Additional information: One of twelve etchings (First Venetian set)
- Notes (acquisition):
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Knoedler, August 1923
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
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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Fourth state of seven.
There are new drypoint lines at the right of the girl's foot, marking the outline of the skirt more definitely (Royal Collection, Windsor).
- Identifier:
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17_14_000184
W. 991 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000188603
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