- Title
- The Bridge, Santa Marta
- Date Made
- 1879/1880
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions
- Image and sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.21 x 20 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.84.279.36
- Collecting Area
- Prints and Drawings
- Curatorial Notes
From the Exhibition Whistler and Venice
January 29 - May 28, 2003
Whistler was deeply influenced by compositions and motifs of Japanese prints, which often feature a high horizon line and a bridge. Here he combined Japanese structure and elements with his characteristic sketchy technique. The delicately drawn figures and faintly hatched lines invoke the activity of the neighborhood scene and conjure up a breeze rippling the water and fluttering the sheets drying on the bridge.
