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Street at Saverne from "The French Set"

Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Date1858
DimensionsSheet: 11 13/16 × 16 3/16 in. (30 × 41.1 cm)
Mediumetching on chine colle
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineBequest of Barbara Reed
Object number
2022.3
Not on View
DescriptionA nocturne scene of multi-story houses and a road. A lantern projects light from a building on the right further emphasizing the dramatic contrast between light and dark. A solitary figure cast in shadow is about halfway down the road on the left. Long, vigorous lines make up the nighttime sky and street, whereas shorter marks in varying angles are found in the murky darkness and texture of the buildings.
Published ReferencesMansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 cat. nos. 17-18.

Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910, cat. nos. 17, 19.

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