Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
The mast
Item Information
- Title:
- The mast
- Description:
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Erected in a wide street, with high buildings on either side, is a tall mast with halyards looped to a building at the left. In the foreground, women and girls are seated in a group, sewing. A boy stands near them. At the right a man is walking away, and a boy stands at the foot of the mast. There are numerous figures in the distance.
- 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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Mooring masts
Sitting
Sewing
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 35 x 17 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p738
- 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. 195
Handwritten on item: One of 12 etchings (First Venetian set)
- 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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Fifth state of six.
The background is cleaned, and the butterfly added above the head of the boy at left (J. S. Dutcher).
- Identifier:
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17_14_000156
W. 997 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000185880
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