Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0797
Nocturnal note: Venice

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8819
Medium: black crayon
Support: buff wove paper
Size: 5 11/16 x 5 1/4-5 3/8" (144 x 134-137 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Nocturnal note by Whistler.', possibly by Otto Bacher, and stamped 'Otto' (Bacher)
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Nocturnal note: Venice

Nocturnal note: Venice dates from 1880, and was, according to the collector's mark, owned by the artist Otto Henry Bacher (1856-1909).

Nocturnal note: Venice, National Gallery of Art, DC
Nocturnal note: Venice, National Gallery of Art, DC

This pastel is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 797).

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret