The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0766
Venetian canal; v.: Bridge over canal
Date
r.: Venetian canal; v.: Bridge over canal dates from 1879/1880.
r.: Venetian canal, private collection
v.: Bridge over canal, private collection
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 766).
Images
Venetian canal, private collection
v.: Bridge over canal, private collection
Subject
Site
Venetian canal, private collection
Venice, Italy: a view of the Rio dei Tre Ponte from the Fondamenta San Marco, The Ponte da Ca' Rizzi is in the left foreground, and the Ponte dei Tre Ponte in the distance; the bridges and the area have been considerably altered, both by the destruction and reconstruction of the bridges. 1 It is very near the site drawn in The Tobacco Warehouse m0762.
Technique
Technique
Venetian canal, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 766).
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: with Macbeth, New York art dealers.
- 1984: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 30 May 1984 (lot 43, repr.) and bought by Rodney Merrington, London art dealer, for a private collector.
The early provenance is unknown.
Exhibitions
No record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been located.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 766) as 'Venetian canal; v.: Bridge over canal'.
Books on Whistler
- Grieve, Alastair, Whistler's Venice, New Haven and London, 2000, pp. 56, 59, pl. 46.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice, Aldershot and California, 2001, pp. 45, 46, 53, repr. pl. 50.
Notes:
1: Grieve 2000 [more], pp. 56, 59, pl. 46. MacDonald 2001 [more], pp. 45, 46, 53, repr. pl. 50.