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The White Tower

James McNeill Whistler

The White Tower

1877

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James McNeill Whistler

The White Tower

1877

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 194 × 300 mm. (7 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.) Plate: 84 × 190 mm. (3 5/16 × 7 1/2 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 1996.48.11675
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly of 1878/1881"
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
Kennedy, Edward Guthrie. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; reprint, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978), #150.

Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.

Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower right "[butterfly] imp" Inscribed in ink: verso, antique inscription "Italicum anare supt: 20.1"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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