Doorway and Vine, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.384
- Title
- Doorway and Vine, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed on plate, r. of doorways: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Watermark: (elaborate--fleur de lys?)
- Dimensions
- 23.2 cm x 16.8 cm (9 1/8 in. x 6 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A dark passageway through a building reveals a distant view of figures on both sides of a canal. In the foreground, the building is sketched in to show a vine growing up and over the passageway at the left, and an arched window at the right side; above the passage on the second floor two figures are seen silhouetted in an open window.
- Subject Matter
- This composition shares the essentials of "The Traghetto No. 2", with its passageway, distant view, and figures at the front of the passage. The theme views framed with doorways dates back to the "French Set" and "The Limeburner" from the "Thames Set" and is central to Whistler's image making. Here the darkness and deep recession of the passage and silhouetted figure at the far end is contrasted with the flat, mural character of the foreground entrance, windows, and vine.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- ivy
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- roads
- roads by form
- streets
- streets by form
- transportation spaces
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 921 x 1317
- File Size
- 179 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.384
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"Doorway and Vine, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second 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-1.384/1954_1.384.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.
