LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

James McNeill Whistler
Quiet Canal1879/1880

Not on view
Etching of a narrow Venetian canal lined with multi-story buildings, moored boats, and a gondola in the foreground, rendered in fine scratchy lines on cream paper

James McNeill Whistler, Quiet Canal, 1879/1880, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Title
Quiet Canal
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1879/1880
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
9 1/16 x 6 1/16 in. (23.02 x 15.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection
Accession Number
M.86.366.15
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.

Related Exhibitions