The Little Lagoon
Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1879-1880
MediumEtching and drypoint on cream-colored wove paper. Printed in black ink.
DimensionsOverall: 12 5/16 × 8 13/16in. (31.3 × 22.4cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number93.11
Description On View
Not on viewCopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.
Label TextFollowing his 1879 bankruptcy Whistler traveled to Venice to make a series of etchings which are now considered among the masterpieces of nineteenth-century graphic art. One of the prints he made there was the Little Lagoon, which was published in Whistler's first set of Venetian views. Its vertical format and asymmetrical composition is reminiscent of the Japanese prints he admired. In the lower margin Whistler penciled his famous butterfly monogram and the abbreviation "imp." (Latin for impressit), indicating that he personally printed this impression, a circumstance that is highly prized by collectors of Whistler's prints.
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