De molen, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1889

Title(s)

De molen
The Mill

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1988-295

Catalogue reference

• Kennedy 413-5(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘JW imp’

Description

Zaanse verfmolen.

Artist

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

Dating

1889

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 159 mm × width 240 mm

What

• windmill in landscape

Where

• Zaanstreek

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1988

Copyright

Public domain

• Whistler en Holland, Jan Frederik 1949- Heijbroek, p. 71, 75 (afb.)
• Drawing near, Ruth E. Fine, cat.nr. 89
• Whistler, themes and variations, cat.nr. 71
• The etched work of Whistler, Edward G. Kennedy, p. 136, cat.nr. 413-5(5)
• Howard Mansfield, 'Whistler in Belgium and Holland', The Print-Collector's Quarterly 6 (1916) dec. nr. 4, p. 386 [dit exemplaar].
• Naylor, p.XXXV, nr. 146.