M12031: Nocturne: Palaces

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M12031

People

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)

Title

Nocturne: Palaces

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Twenty-six Etchings (Second Venice Set) 1886

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1879 - 1880

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262929

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed with considerable plate tone in brownish-black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

cut to plate: 29.5 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: [butterfly]
• inscription: tab lower sheet margin, left of center, graphite: [butterfly] imp
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a33573
• collector's mark: verso, bottom margin, right, purple ink, stamped: RH [within circular borderline] [(Lugt 2215 b) Robert Hartshorne]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 12,031 [Lugt 936]
  

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Robert Hartshorne (L. 2215b), sold at Park-Bernet Galleries, NY, 23 January 1946. Edwin de T. Bechtel.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Glasgow vii/xii

Standard Reference Number

Kennedy 202, Glasgow 200

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel

Accession Year

1946

Object Number

M12031

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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