James McNeill Whistler
The Doorway
1879-1880
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, and roulette, Sheet: 294 x 203 mm. (11 9/16 x 8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the portfolio "Twelve Etchings of Venice (First Venice Set)"
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.13
Bought from Kennedy & Co. in 1913
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
BMA, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," 14 February - 1 April, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
'Whistler and his Circle in Venice',Corcoran Gallery of Art, February 8 - May 5, 2003, Cat. p. 88, pl. 37, ill.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
BMA, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," 14 February - 1 April, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
'Whistler and his Circle in Venice',Corcoran Gallery of Art, February 8 - May 5, 2003, Cat. p. 88, pl. 37, ill.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'BMA Today: July / August 2003,' p.8, ill.
Barr, Crawford Alexander, III (editor). Sargent, Whistler & Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2021, ill. p. 152
Inscribed: on tab in graphite: butterfly "imp."
