James Abott Mc Neil WHISTLER
1834 - 1903
The balcony
1879-1880
Plate from the second Suite Vénitienne
Original etching and drypoint
300 × 230 mm, originally without margins
Very fine impression on laid paper, of the final state, with surface tone, signed with the butterfly and annotated imp on a small strip under the composition, slight brown spot in the subject on top of the first floor’s window, traces of former hinges on the reverse
Reference: Kennedy 207 x/xi, Whistler Etchings Project, University of Glasgow 202 xix/xix