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Description: | Royal s. with butterfly on tab and inscr.; "imp" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) On previous visits to Amsterdam, Whistler had been fascinated by the reflections of the canal-side houses. He was keen to try to capture them in his etchings, and in 1888 he returned with his wife, Beatrix, and produced a new series of Amsterdam etchings. However, these images were never published together as a set. In each of these works, Whistler strove to include the smallest details, concentrating on a specific part of the frontal view of the building and turning it into the sole focus of the completed work. The composition was carefully constructed around these 'notes' in architecture that had captured his attention. This image was drawn by night in the 'Red Light' area of Amsterdam. An oil by Whistler, "A Canal, Amsterdam", shows a view of the same building (YMSM 384, GLAHA 46343), as does the etching "The Square House, Amsterdam" (Kennedy 404, GLAHA 46641). The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50482). (See also GLAHA 46995-46997/50486).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CANAL : WASHING : RED LIGHT DISTRICT : OUDEZIJDSKOLK : SINT OLOFSTEEG : AMSTERDAM : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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