The Little Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.373
- Title
- The Little Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, u.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Watermark: (partial)
- Dimensions
- 26.7 cm x 18.8 cm (10 1/2 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- An open piazza the borders the water is dominated by a mast just to the right of center. In the foreground there is a group of figures, as well as in front of the buildings that form the perimeter of the square. In the distance is a pedestrian bridge as well as the masts of shipsin the water.
- Subject Matter
- Always finding interesting sites away from the large public spaces, this piazza near the Casa Jankowitz, where Whistler lived in 1880, was in the Castello area of Venice. The vertical division of the composition provided by the mast, as well as the very vertical format of the etching, alludes to Whistler's interest in Asian art.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 831 x 1181
- File Size
- 86 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.373
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"The Little Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.373/1954_1.373.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
