De kleine lagune, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1879 - 1880

Title(s)

De kleine lagune
The Little Lagoon
Venice: Twelve etchings (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1959-659

Catalogue reference

• Kennedy 186-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘JW’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Gezicht op de lagune bij Venetië met enkele gondels en een zeilschip.

Artist

• print maker: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Dating

1879 - 1880

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 224 mm × width 150 mm

What

• haff, lagoon created by sand, shingle bank ~ coast

Where

• Venice

Credit line

• Gift of the Art Institute of Chicago

Acquisition

gift 1959

Copyright

Public domain

• James McNeill Whistler [ : 1 1994], Nicolai Cikovsky (jr.), Richard Dorment, Margaret F. MacDonald, p. 193, cat.nr. 114
• The etched work of Whistler, Edward G. Kennedy, p. 71, cat.nr. 186-2(2)