Balcony, Amsterdam

Balcony, Amsterdam

Item Information

Title:
Balcony, Amsterdam
Description:
Above the broad doorway of a narrow central house on a canal, a balcony with iron framework projects in front of a narrow open doorway and a curtained window. At the left is a large window, above a closed doorway, and at the right there are three windows. Clothes are hung on the balcony railing and on a pole suspended above the door and window. In the lower doorway, a man is standing at the right, his face seen above a bar crossing the doorway and a woman is on her knees at the left. In the balcony, a woman is leaning upon a railing, and a woman with a child in her arms is standing in front of the narrow doorway. There are extensive reflections in the canal, defining somewhat the figures in the lower doorway. The butterfly is on the lowest window at the right.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1889]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Doors & doorways
Balconies
Canals
Places:
Netherlands > North Holland (province) > Amsterdam
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 28 x 18 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n93j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 405
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state of three.
The windows above the balcony are heavily shaded, as are the doorway below and the water. The shadow of the clothes suspended at the top is darkened; there is new work on the walls, etc. (W. B. Dickerman).
Identifier:
17_14_000218
W. 424 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000185757