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The Kitchen, from the series Twelve Etchings from Nature or The French Set

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

In Whistler’s finest etchings he draws compositional ideas from Japanese prints, such as the use of large, unprinted areas. Whistler also refines the technique of leaving a bit of ink on the surface of the plate to create a smoky effect.
Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Title
The Kitchen, from the series Twelve Etchings from Nature or The French Set
Date
1858
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
8 15/16 x 6 1/4 in. Image
Credit
Class of 1963 Gift Fund purchase
Accession No.
63.3.8
Classification
Prints
Geography
United States

Related

13 May 1963, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi Ltd. (London, England) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Americans At Home and Abroad: Graphic Arts, 1855-1975." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1976. p. 18, no. 4
  • Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné." University of Glasgow, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. 2012. cat. no. 16

  • Nineteenth-Century European Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/13/2004–5/30/2004
  • Americans at Home and Abroad: Graphic Arts 1855-1975 : Elvehjem Art Center, 5/1/1976–6/27/1976
  • Old Master Prints: The Paine Art Center, 11/30/1963–1/7/1964

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