Quiet Canal
Medium
etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.) sheet (includes tab with signature): 23.65 x 15.56 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
Accession Number
1942.15.31
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...