Rue de Vannes, Paris / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.410
- Title
- Rue de Vannes, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on laid Japanese tissue
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, center left: Butterfly monogram
- Dimensions
- 30.9 cm x 16.3 cm (12 3/16 in. x 6 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Physical Description
- A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler focused on lithography over etching during the 1890s, making his etched views of Paris, that were never printed in editions, quite rare.
- Whistler uses a partial representation to evoke the whole, playing on the theme and variation offered by the pairs of windows on each floor of the building, as well as for the dogs and cans in the foreground. Another playful touch is the way he employs his "butterfly" signature on the left side to balance the join on the downspout on the right side of the image.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- mammals
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- site elements
- the natural world
- windows and window components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 755 x 1377
- File Size
- 99 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.410
- Link to this Item
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"Rue de Vannes, Paris; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.410/1954_1.410.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.