The Pierrot | ||
Number: | 450 | |
Date: | 1889 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 231 x 162 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at upper left (6-final) | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 8 | |
Known impressions: | 33 | |
Catalogues: | K.407; M.406; W.264 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (33) |
The Pierrot dates from 1889. Whistler and his wife stayed in Amsterdam for nearly two months, from 24 August to 20 October 1889.
Etchings done at that time include The Steps, Amsterdam 452,
The Square House, Amsterdam 454,
Balcony, Amsterdam 446,
and
Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam 449.