The 26 Etchings (Second Venice set)
Medium
Bound volume of etchings and drypoints printed from original cancelled copper plates
Dimensions
Closed: 38.7 × 28.5 × 2 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
15436
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...