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The Piazzetta
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James McNeill Whistler

The Piazzetta

1879-1880

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James McNeill Whistler

The Piazzetta

1879-1880

Physical Qualities Etching and drypoint, Plate: 255 x 179 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series from the portfolio, "Twelve Etchings of Venice (First Venice Set)"
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.5965
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.

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.
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. 135.

Inscribed: lower left stamped?: butterfly "imp."

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James McNeill Whistler

American, 1834-1903

American, 1834-1903
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