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Description: | Royal s. with butterfly on tab and inscr. in pencil; "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 thrown by the canal-side houses onto the surface of the water. He was keen to try to capture this effect in his etchings, so returned in 1888 with his wife, Beatrix, to produce a new series of Amsterdam etchings. However, they were never published together as a set. In each of the works, Whistler strove to include the smallest details, concentrating on a specific part of the architecture that had grabbed his attention, and turning it into the sole focus of the composition. 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 46343/46641/46643/46996/46997/50486).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | 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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