Ponte del Piovan from The Second Venice Set (K209 VI)

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Ponte del Piovan from The Second Venice Set (K209 VI)

Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

Date1879-1880 (published 1886)

DimensionsOverall: 8 15/16 × 6 in. (22.7 × 15.2 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Mrs. S. C. Walbridge

Object number

1933.58

Not on View

DescriptionJames Abbott McNeill Whistler American, 1834–1903 Ponte del Piovan Etching, 1879–80 Gift of Elizabeth Cummings Walbridge, 1933.58 Of Whistler’s etching technique the artist/biographer Otto H. Bacher, whose artwork is also included in this exhibition, wrote: “In etching he would get the essential lines, holding the copper plate in one hand, generally the left, and with the other he spun web-like lines of exquisite beauty—fascinating to see in the beginning as in the end. Where it required accuracy, he was minute. He used the [etching] needle with the ease of the draftsman with a pen. He grouped his lines in an easy, playful way that was fascinating: they would often group themselves as tones, a difficult thing to get in an etching.”

Label TextOf Whistler’s etching technique the artist/biographer Otto H. Bacher, whose artwork is also included in this exhibition, wrote: “In etching he would get the essential lines, holding the copper plate in one hand, generally the left, and with the other he spun web-like lines of exquisite beauty—fascinating to see in the beginning as in the end. Where it required accuracy, he was minute. He used the [etching] needle with the ease of the draftsman with a pen. He grouped his lines in an easy, playful way that was fascinating: they would often group themselves as tones, a difficult thing to get in an etching.”Exhibition HistoryAbove Water: Bridges from the Collection July 20 - Oct. 21 2007. TMA, Whistler: Influences, Friends, and the Not-So-Friendly, Feb. 26 - May 30, 2010.