First Venice Set: The Little Mast
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1880
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint printed on laid paper
Dimensions26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS.G.Sar.1.1.1.7
eMuseum ID720957
EmbARK ObjectID23864
TMS Source ID8672
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesThe Fine Art Society. Mr. Whistler's Etchings (London, 1883), no. 46
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 66, no. 151.
James McNeill Whistler. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), p. 103.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 116-17, no. 182.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 75-76, no. 192.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 27, no. 89.
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. 193, 195, 281, no. 208.
Alastair Grieve. Whistler's Venice (New Haven, 2000), pp. 127, 189, fig. 154.
Margaret F. MacDonald. Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice (Berkeley, 2001), pp. 84, 88, pl. 90.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 52-53, no. 11.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Little Mast." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 196, accessed 31 May 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 66, no. 151.
James McNeill Whistler. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), p. 103.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 116-17, no. 182.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 75-76, no. 192.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 27, no. 89.
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. 193, 195, 281, no. 208.
Alastair Grieve. Whistler's Venice (New Haven, 2000), pp. 127, 189, fig. 154.
Margaret F. MacDonald. Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice (Berkeley, 2001), pp. 84, 88, pl. 90.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 52-53, no. 11.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Little Mast." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 196, accessed 31 May 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in etching: Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed in pencil (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature [dated 1886]
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
Signed in pencil (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature [dated 1886]
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of the surgeon and etcher Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), by 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers H. Wunderlich & Co., New York on 11 April 1890 for $750. (as part of "Whistler's two sets of Venice etchings")
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers H. Wunderlich & Co., New York on 11 April 1890 for $750. (as part of "Whistler's two sets of Venice etchings")
