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An image of Nocturne: furnace by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

(United States of America, England 11 Jul 1834–17 Jul 1903)

Title
Nocturne: furnace
Year
1879-1880
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching
Edition
iv of 7 states
Dimensions

16.8 x 23.0cm platemark/sheet

Signature & date
Signed c.l. and l.l. platemark, [incised plate] "[butterfly monogram]". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1976
Accession number
274.1976
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Nicholas Draffin (Curator), The bitten image: European etchings from the collection 1980, Domain, 1980, 13. no catalogue numbers

Terence Maloon, Paths to Abstraction 1867-1917 2010, Sydney, 2010, 100 (illus.).

Peter Raissis, Whistler to Freud: Etchings in Great Britain 2001, Domain, 2001, (illus.). cat.no. 101

Exhibition history (3)

The Bitten Image: European etchings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jul 1980–14 Sep 1980

Whistler to Freud: etching in Great Britain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001

Paths to Abstraction 1867 to 1917, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Jun 2010–19 Sep 2010