Nocturne

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Nocturne

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1878

Medium

Lithotint from a prepared half-tint ground, in black ink, with scraping, on blue laid chine laid down on ivory plate paper

Dimensions

Image: 17.1 × 25.9 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.); Primary support: 17.2 × 25.8 cm (6 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.2 × 39.2 cm (11 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bryan Lathrop Collection

Reference Number

1934.528

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