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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M4534
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Reading
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Notes, 1887
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1879
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262883

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on cream china paper applied to white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
chine collé: 21.3 x 16.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: lower left corner, graphite: W 13
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 1929.170
  • gallery label: verso, top center, paper and ink, adhered: .N. Rosenberg/ 27 West 67
  • inscription: lower margin, right of center, graphite: [butterfly]
  • inscription: to right of woman's skirt, lithograph: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Naumberg Rosenberg, Collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Way 13; Art Institute of Chicago 17

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
M4534
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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