The Square House, Amsterdam | ||
Number: | 454 | |
Date: | 1889 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 231 x 175 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 7 | |
Known impressions: | 16 | |
Catalogues: | K.404; M.403; W.261 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (16) |
The Square House, Amsterdam 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 Long House (The Dyers, Amsterdam) 453,
The Dance House: Nocturne 455,
The Embroidered Curtain 451 and Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam 449.