UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Venetian Mast

Impression: Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
(1934.536)
Number: 219
Date: 1879/1880
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 344 x 166 mm
Signed: butterfly at left (6-final)
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: 'First Venice Set', 1880
No. of States: 12
Known impressions: 57
Catalogues: K.195; M.192; W.160
Impressions taken from this plate  (57)

CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS

  • Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 195), 'The Mast'.
  • Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 192), 'The Venetian Mast'.
  • Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 160), 'The Mast'.

EXHIBITIONS 1855- 1905

  • Etchings of Venice, The Fine Art Society, London, 1880 (cat. no. 10) 'The Venetian Mast'
  • Ausstellung der Maler-Radierungen französischer und englischer Künstler der Neuzeit, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1881 (cat. no. 710) 'Straße in Venedig'- 'Street in Venice'.
  • [Exhibition], Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1881.
  • Etchings and Dry Points, The Union League Club, New York, 1881 (cat. nos. 156-167) 'View in Venice'.
  • Mr Whistler's Etchings, The Fine Art Society, London, 1883 (cat. no. 36) 'The Mast'.
  • 50 Etchings and Drypoints (Venice Second Series), H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1883 (cat. no. 36) 'The Mast'.
  • [Exhibition], Dunthorne's Gallery at the Rembrandt Head, London, 1890.
  • [Exhibition of the First Venice Set], The Fine Art Society, London, 1892 (no catalogue).
  • Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 139) 'The Mast'.
  • An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. E141) 'The Mast'.
  • International Exhibition, Glasgow Art Galleries, Glasgow, 1901 (cat. no. 220) 'The Mast, Venice'.
  • Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 135) 'The Mast'.
  • Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 134) 'The Mast'.
  • A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. no. 123) 'The Mast'.
  • 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1904 (cat. no. 555) 'The Mast'.
  • Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 128) 'The Mast'.
  • Etchings, Dry Points, And a few Drawings by Whistler, Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, 1904 (cat. nos. 72a,b) 'The Mast'.
  • Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. nos. 162a,b) 'The Mast'.
  • Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Art, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 362) 'Le mât' - (The Mast).
  • Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 160) 'The Mast'.
  • Tentoonstelling van Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithogaphien en een Schildrij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 37) 'The Mast'.

REVIEWS 1855- 1905

  • Anon., 'Mr. Whistler's etchings ...', British Architect, XIV, 10 December 1880 (GUL PC4/19, PC6/18).
  • Anon., [H.Quilter],'Mr. Whistler's Etchings of Venice', The Times, London, 25 December 1880, p. 4 (GUL PC4/11).
  • Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Exhibition', Saturday Review, 24 February 1883 (GUL PC 25/32).
  • Anon., 'The Whistler Exhibition', New York Mail and Express, 24 October 1883 (GUL PC3/61, PC4/12).

GENERAL 1855-1906

  • Mr Whistler's Etchings, The Fine Art Society, London, 1883 (cat. no. 36).
  • Whistler, James McNeill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, London, 1890, p. 100.

GENERAL 1906- PRESENT

  • Grieve, Alastair, Whistler's Venice, New Haven and London, 2000, pp. 54-56, 128, 136, 189, fig. 42.
  • Drawing Near. Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984 (cat. no. 57).
  • Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 193, 214, 280 (no. 185).
  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 836).
  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice, Aldershot and California, 2001, pp. 68-70, 84, 88.