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

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A Bat

Composition

A Bat, proof of lithograph, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
A Bat, proof of lithograph, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris

The reproduction above is from a proof of the frontispiece for the second edition of a book: Montesquiou 1893 A [more].

A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris

There were at least two preliminary drawings for the frontispiece, A Bat [M.1355a] and A Bat [M.1355b].

Technique

A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
A Bat, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris

Whistler's pen drawings were lithographed for reproduction. The proof reproduced here was found in a copy of Montesquiou's book in the Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris (Réserve 4° L.19).

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret