James McNeill Whistler / Nocturne / 1878

James McNeill Whistler
Nocturne
1878
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Creator Name: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: American; 1834-1903 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: James McNeill Whistler
Creator Name: Way, Thomas
Creator Nationality: European; British
Creator Role: Printer
Creator Dates/Places: English; 1837-1915 Europe,United Kingdom,Great Britain,England
Creator Active Place: Europe,United Kingdom,Great Britain,England
Creator Name-CRT: Thomas Way
Title: Nocturne
Title Type: preferred
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Creation Start Date: 1878
Creation End Date: 1878
Creation Date: 1878
Creation Place: North and Central America,North America,United States
Object Type: Prints
Materials and Techniques: Lithotint, in black ink, from a prepared half-tint ground, with scraping, on off-white plate paper
Dimensions: image: 173 x 265 mm; sheet: 192 x 277 mm
Inscriptions: Signed with butterfly on stone, lower right, in image
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1938.1908
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham collection
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: Battersea side of Chelsea Reach from the Thames, London
Context: 100 second-state impressions printed by Way for publication in 1887 issue of NOTES portfolio, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., publisher.First state impressions transferred and printed by Way in 1878. Alterations and second state impressions possibly printed in 1878/79 for failed ART NOTES series, or in 1887 for revamped portfolio project.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1938.1908
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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