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James Abbott McNeill WhistlerVenus1859
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A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper with very strong contrasts. MacDonald's second state (of 2), with the vertical and diagonal drypoint lines added in the upper right corner and still with the pentimenti of the upside down figure lower right distinct. Watermark. There are 27 known impressions of this work according to Glasgow.
- Creator:James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903, American)
- Creation Year:1859
- Dimensions:Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)
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- Condition:Catalogue reference: Kennedy 59; Glasgow 60.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1477211330342
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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