La Vieille aux Loques

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on pale blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.32 x 14.92 cm (8 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 x 20.96 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1982.44.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 27, state iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pia Gallo, New York); purchased 1982 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 21, iii/iii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 27, state iv/iv.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler ('s' reversed); Imp. Delatre [?] (mostly deleted).

Wikidata ID

Q74038607

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