The Doorway, 1879–80, Etching, drypoint and roulette; fourteenth state of twenty (Glasgow); printed in brownish-black ink on ivory laid paper, Plate: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Richly ornamented panels surround a central void and invite us into the shadowed interior of the Palazzo Gussoni, with a sunlit courtyard glimpsed beyond. This etching belongs to Whistler’s 'First Venice Set,' and the artist found his subject on the Rio de la Fava canal, east of the Rialto
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Doorway, 1879–80, Etching, drypoint, roulette, fourteenth state, twenty, Glasgow, printed, brownish-black ink, ivory laid paper, Plate, 11 1/2 x 7 7/8, 29.2 20 cm, Prints, James McNeill Whistler, American, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834–1903, London, Richly ornamented, panels, surround, central void, invite us, shadowed interior, Palazzo Gussoni, sunlit courtyard, glimpsed, beyond, etching belongs, Whistler, First Venice, Set, artist, subject, Rio de, la, Fava, canal, east, Rialto
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