The Pool
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on Japanese gampi paper
Dimensions13.7 x 21.3 cm (5 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.o.78
eMuseum ID726563
Original Number1.2.r.46
EmbARK ObjectID14012
TMS Source ID2846
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 47.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 32, no. 41.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 26-27, no. 42.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 16, no. 43.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 31.
From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), p. 37, no. 7, pl. 12.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 81-82, 87, 89, 94-96, 174, 278, no. 46.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 16.
Emma Chambers. "Etching from Nature: Images of the Urban and Rural Thames in the Work of Whistler and Haden," The Whistler Review (Glasgow, 1999), pp. 5-6.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 107.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Pool." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 49, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 32, no. 41.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 26-27, no. 42.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 16, no. 43.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 10, no. 31.
From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World. Exh. cat. (New York: Wildenstein; Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971), p. 37, no. 7, pl. 12.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 81-82, 87, 89, 94-96, 174, 278, no. 46.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1994; Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1995), p. 16.
Emma Chambers. "Etching from Nature: Images of the Urban and Rural Thames in the Work of Whistler and Haden," The Whistler Review (Glasgow, 1999), pp. 5-6.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 107.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Pool." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 49, accessed 15 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower left): Whistler 1859
Inscribed in plate: COOPER / Gr. GEORGE'S Wf / NEW CRANE/TO LET / JANE No. 6
Numbered in graphite (lower right): 9
Inscribed in plate: COOPER / Gr. GEORGE'S Wf / NEW CRANE/TO LET / JANE No. 6
Numbered in graphite (lower right): 9
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
