The Venetian Mast, from "Twelve Etchings" or "First Venice Set" / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.439
- Title
- The Venetian Mast, from "Twelve Etchings" or "First Venice Set"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on beige laid paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
- Dimensions
- 54.5 cm x 36.2 cm x 2.4 cm (21 7/16 in. x 14 1/4 in. x 15/16 in.)
- Physical Description
- A group of figures are seated at the lower right. Beyond is an open street or piazza with a flagpole in the middle and in the far distance are the rigging and masts of ships.
- Paper trimmed at plate line; except small tab at lower left with inscription. Paper size: lh 34cm & rh 33 4/5cm x tw 16cm & bw 16 3/10cm.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler often portrayed areas that were disappearing in the urban settings; that is the case with this area near Santa Marta in Venice. Shortly after Whistler returned to London from Italy, this district was demolished to allow construction of a cotton factory. The vertical format and the way that the mast is used to divide the composition recall The Tall Bridge and are evidence of the influence of Japanese art on Whistler.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2416 x 4904
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.439
- Link to this Item
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"The Venetian Mast, from "Twelve Etchings" or "First Venice Set"; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.439/2008_2_439.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
