James McNeill Whistler
Upright Venice
1879-1880
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, Sheet: 262 × 180 mm. (10 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Plate: 180 × 262 mm. (7 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (the Second Venice Set)"
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
1996.48.12307
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "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. 98, pl. 53, ill.
'Whistler and his Circle in Venice',Corcoran Gallery of Art, February 8 - May 5, 2003, Cat. p. 98, pl. 53, ill.
BMA Today: May / June 2003, p. 4, ill.
Aronson, Julie (ed.) Frank Duveneck: American Master. Cincicnnati: Cincinnati Art Museum in association with D Giles Limited, 2020. ill.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp o" Signed in plate: lower left "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "W 172 - Upright Venice"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso of mount "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
