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James McNeill Whistler, The Little Lagoon, 1879-1880
James McNeill Whistler, The Little Lagoon, 1879-1880
James McNeill Whistler, The Little Lagoon, 1879-1880

James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903

The Little Lagoon, 1879-1880
Etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with a butterfly and inscribed 'imp', printed in warm black ink on laid paper, trimmed at the platemark, leaving a signature tab: an impression in the fourth (final) state, published in an edition of 100 by The Fine Art Society, in 1880 in 'Venice, A Series of Twelve Etchings'
9 x 6 in
22.9 x 15.2 cm

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Exhibitions

London, The Fine Art Society, James McNeill Whistler: Prints, 2016 (60)

Literature

Edward G Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler, New York 1910 No 186; Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2011, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk No 216
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