The Title Page for "Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature"

The Title Page for "Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature" by James McNeill Whistler

Medium

etching on buff wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.11 × 14.61 cm (4 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.8415

About the Artist

James McNeill Whistler · 18341903

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...

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