id: 106404
accession number: 1924.47
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.47
updated: 2023-04-23 11:15:51.996000
The Storm, 1861. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Drypoint; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1924.47
title: The Storm
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creation date: 1861
creation date earliest: 1861
creation date latest: 1861
current location:
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: drypoint
department: Prints
collection: PR - Drypoint
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Kennedy 81
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CREATORS
* James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Impressionist Aesthetic
opening date: 1982-08-10T04:00:00
The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
title: Lepère, Legros, and Buhot
opening date: 1984-05-01T04:00:00
Lepère, Legros, and Buhot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 23, 1984).
title: The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print
opening date: 1988-08-09T04:00:00
The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).
title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00
Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
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PROVENANCE
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During the summer of 1861, the artist Matthew White Ridley introduced Whistler to Edwin Edwards, a lawyer who had left his profession to devote himself to his avocations of art and music. Edwards used a covered boat for etching expeditions on the river---no doubt inspired by "le botin," the covered boat from which the Barbizon artist Charles Daubigny sketched the Seine (see The Boat in Conflans, elsewhere in the exhibition). In June 1861, despite persistent rain, Edwards invited Ridley and Whistler to take the boat on a camping trip to Maple Durham. On this voyage, Whistler made several
drypoints, including The Storm, in which Ridley battles against driving wind and rain with the river foaming in the background.
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