Nocturne: Palaces, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.387
- Title
- Nocturne: Palaces, 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 and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- 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
- Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. On verso, in pencil, at top: superb ----- [print? proof?]
- Dimensions
- 29.2 cm x 19.9 cm (11 1/2 in. x 7 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A nighttime view of canals in Venice. Walls of buildings at rough right angles to one another, connected by a footbridge in the distance, are lit to reveal massings of the architecture--balconies, doorways, windows. There are not people apparent; the sky and water are both very dark.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler experimented with artistic printing with his etchings of Venice, retaining films of ink that create an atmospheric effect. In this plate, these films of ink are used to evoke the dark, humid environment of Venice, seen principally in the regions of the sky and water. Plates like "Nocturne: Palaces" were printed so that the amount of ink retained varied, creating very different atmospheric effects.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 935 x 1413
- File Size
- 112 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.387
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"Nocturne: Palaces, 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-1.387/1954_1.387.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.