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A building with an arched window

Impression: Whistler Etchings Project
Whistler Etchings Project
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Number: 476
Date: 1893/1898
Medium: unbitten; drawn with an etching needle
Size: 151 x 181 mm
Signed: n/a
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 1
Known impressions: 1
Catalogues: K.-; M.-; T.-; W.-
Impressions taken from this plate  (1)

KEYWORD

arch, building, window.

TITLE

Whistler's original title is not known. A descriptive title has been selected:

A building with an arched window (2009, Whistler Etching Project).

DESCRIPTION

A faint and incomplete image of the façade of a building; at the top is a window that has small panes (or an iron grille) and a slightly arched top.

SITE

Not known; however, the copper plate was bought in Paris, and the subject may well show Paris or another town in France.