- Title
- The Balcony
- Date Made
- 1879/1880
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions
- Image and sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 13/16 in. (29.53 x 19.84 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.86.366.14
- Collecting Area
- Prints and Drawings
- Curatorial Notes
From the exhibition Whistler and Venice
January 29-May 28, 2003
Whistler designed a butterfly emblem as his signature and frequently embedded the hallmark in his compositions, here to the left of the balcony windows. The butterfly symbol is also discernible in his other etchings.
- Selected Bibliography
- Fine, Ruth E. Drawing Near: Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.