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James Abbott McNeill WhistlerBarges, Dordrechtc. 1886
c. 1886
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Barges, Dordrecht
Etching, c. 1886
Signed in the plate with the butterfly
Edition: One of 10 known impressions of this image. VERY RARE
Provenance:
Frederick Keppel & Co. with their costing code "FX" verso (see photo of label)
Keppel was knwon for Whistler prints acquired directly from the artist and his heirs
Reference: Glasgow 262, only state
Note: Of the ten know impressions, there are some impressions printed after Whistler's death and a few more impressions printed after damage to the plate obscures the entire foreground of the image.
- Creator:James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903, American)
- Creation Year:c. 1886
- Dimensions:Height: 2.57 in (6.53 cm)Width: 3.82 in (9.71 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
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- Condition:An impression on fine old laid paper from a book, in dark brown/lack ink. The upper plate mark has been reinforced on the verso with tissue. Brown inclusion in the paper under the barge at the far left foreground.
- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
- Reference Number:Seller: FA93991stDibs: LU14010955812
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. Whistler was born on July 11, 1834, in Lowell. During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the poet and theorist Charles Baudelaire that artists should take subjects from modern life and seek a new beauty in the teeming cities. Whistler's first major suite of prints, his French Set brought critical acclaim but disappointing sales. Seeking more generous patrons, he moved to London in 1859. Initially, under the influence of his brother-in-law Francis Seymour Haden, a pioneer of the etching revival, he began a series of superbly observed and finely detailed views of the River Thames with its shipping, thriving wharves and picturesque characters. In his Thames Set etchings, Whistler often introduced the figures of workmen, boatmen or loungers in the foregrounds. Whistler died on July 17, 1903, in London.
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