The Bridge, Santa Marta
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Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- Intaglio print of the Ponte de l'Arzere in the district of Santa Marta in Venice, Italy. Viewed from a high angle, a man poles a boat while others on the shore prepare to embark in another craft. Washing hangs from the bridge and people cross over in both directions. Above the bridge the city recedes into the distance, with many details of people in the street and along the shoreline.
- Signatures
- Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.
- Edition/State
- 8th
- Provenance
- To 1887
- M. Knoedler & Co., New York. [1]
- From 1887 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.
- [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery of Art.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)
- Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
- Previous custodian or owner
- M. Knoedler & Co. (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- F1887.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Etching; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 29.4 x 20.2 cm (11 9/16 x 7 15/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- etching (printing process)
- bridge
- United States
- American Art
- city
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1887.12
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye306761167-5136-4f5e-a596-c3aec4cfb771
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