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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23099
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Chelsea Rags
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1888
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252302

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph printed on black ink on off-white wove paper, darkened
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 23.6 x 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left corner, graphite: a13
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: : 'cq
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Rag Waf [?]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: A Song in Stone [crossed out]
  • inscription: lower margin, right of center, graphite; see attribution remark.: [butterfly]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written below in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 23099 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Gardner, Gift to Fogg Art Museum.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 22; Art Institute of Chicago 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Gardner
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M23099
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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