James McNeill Whistler
The Bridge, Santa Marta1879/1880

Not on view

Artist or Maker: James McNeill Whistler
Title: The Bridge, Santa Marta
Place Made: United States
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)
Credit Line: The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection
Accession Number: M.84.279.36
Classification: Prints
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.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: James McNeill Whistler
Title: The Bridge, Santa Marta
Place Made: United States
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)
Credit Line: The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection
Accession Number: M.84.279.36
Classification: Prints
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.