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James McNeill Whistler
The Unsafe Tenement1858

Not on view
Etching of a crumbling multi-story timber-framed building with sagging roofline, dense cross-hatched shadows, and a small figure standing at its base
Artist or Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Title
The Unsafe Tenement
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1858
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (15.56 x 22.23 cm)
Credit Line
The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection
Accession Number
M.84.279.5
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Fine, Ruth E. Drawing Near: Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.