The Two Doorways, 1879-1880
James Abbott McNeill Whistlerexpand_more
Etching with plate toneexpand_more
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.4,577
Not on Viewexpand_more
Whistler's etchings made in Venice are among the most innovative of his career. His experiments with light and dark shapes and figures produced a remarkable degree of abstraction in his Venetian views. In Two Doorways, light human figures emerge from the dark doorway, which is framed with light stone. Whistler plays with similar effects for the gondoliers past the second door, near the bridge further along the canal.
Details
- Title
- The Two Doorways
- Artist Life
- 1834–1903
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.4,577
- Catalogue Raisonne
- K.193 vi/vi, L.204, W.158; Glasgow
- Curator Approved
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