A Canal in Venice

c. 1879-1880

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mabel Stevens Smithers, Greenwich, Connecticut; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • American Pastels from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

1983

  • Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983, no. 27

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

2003

  • Whistler and His Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 83, no. 30, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 73, no. 463.

Inscriptions

lower right in pastel: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 5 x 6 - 11 x 7 1/2 old

Markings

printed lower center verso in black ink on adhered label: 12581

Wikidata ID

Q64533429

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