Bridge, Amsterdam

Bridge, Amsterdam

Item Information

Title:
Bridge, Amsterdam
Description:
A bridge with an iron railing spans a wide canal in which are two supporting piers. Beyond, at the left, is a row of houses with sloping roofs, and at the right is a large warehouse. In the distance, gabled houses and a tall frame for telegraph wires are seen. Several people are on the bridge. There are extensive reflections in the canal. There is no butterfly.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1889]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Canals
Bridges
Places:
Netherlands > North Holland (province) > Amsterdam
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 17 x 24 cm
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 409
Notes (ownership):
From the C. M. Dowdeswell & H. H. Benedict Collections.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Third state of three.
The sky is much heavier; the shadows of the bridge and its piers have been softened, and the work on some of the figures has been reduced. The house at the left is strongly shaded. The sky is enriched by drypoint work, and there are slanting lines at left, and broken lines at centre, in the water (the late W. S. Carter).
Identifier:
17_14_000221
W. 361 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000121471