Steps, Amsterdam / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.403
- Title
- Steps, Amsterdam
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1889
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, top center: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Embossed collector's mark: Sir John Day. Lugt 526, Watermark: letters?
- Dimensions
- 24.2 cm x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Seen frontally is a building along a canal. In front of the facade is a brick or cobble pavement; steps lead up to a triple doorway entrance while laundry and windows complete the second story. To either side of the central steps are doorways that lead down. In each of the doorways and on the pavement are grouped figures of women and children. The lower portion of the print shows the reflections of the building and figures.
- Subject Matter
- According to the Glasgow catalogue raisonné, "The shop front of No. 148 Lijnbaansgracht, near the corner of Laurierstraat and Lijnbaansgracht, in the city of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. 7 Beatrice Whistler called it the 'Royen Gracht'. "
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- circulation elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- europe
- figures
- geography
- locality
- netherlands
- people and occupations
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- steps and step components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 929 x 1383
- File Size
- 192 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.403
- Link to this Item
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"Steps, Amsterdam; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.403/1954_1.403.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.