The Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.383
- Title
- The 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 and drypoint printed in warm black ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, center left: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Inscribed in pencil, verso: B/ooo (special excellence), Watermark: (?)
- Dimensions
- 34.1 cm x 16.5 cm (13 7/16 in. x 6 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A long street receds at the center of the image. In the center is a flagpole surmounted by a winged lion (symbol of St. Mark, and therefore of Venice). In the foreground at lower left is a group of women seated working together making lace. Other than a man and boy at the right of the flagpole, the street is largely empty.
- Subject Matter
- The scene depicted here is a street near Santa Marta. Whistler offers selective focus to the scene, more completely drawing the buildings on the right side of the composition and providing closely observed details of the figures at the lower left corner.
- Primary Keywords
- buildings
- chairs
- child
- figures
- hats
- pole
- seated
- standing
- venice
- walking
- woman
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- clothing
- europe
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- italy
- locality
- man
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- streets
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 689 x 1431
- File Size
- 103 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.383
- Link to this Item
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"The 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-1.383/1954_1.383.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
