Charles Baude and James McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green – The Balcony
1888
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- Artist: Charles Baude
- Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green – The Balcony
1888
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 285 x 225 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Image: 156 x 121 mm. (6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.16619
One of a group of proofs, printed on Japan paper, by Baude in the Lucas Collection. These wood engravings were first published as illustrations in Harper's New Monthly Magazine and later appeared in published volumes by Theodore Child. This one first appeared in Theodore Child, "American Artists at the Paris Exhibition," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 79, Issue 472, September 1889, p.491.
Glasgow University Library hold two letters from Theodore Child to James McNeill Whistler mentioning these prints. See #00615 and 300616 in the Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler online database.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Inscribed and signed in pencil: lower right "epreuve sur chine / Baude" Signed in block: lower left "Ch. Baude"
Markings: None
