id:			127200
accession number:	1949.519
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.519
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:13.684000

The Riva, Venice, 1879–80. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Charcoal; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sayles Francis 1949.519

title:				The Riva, Venice
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creation date:			1879–80
creation date earliest:		1879
creation date latest:		1880
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sayles Francis
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	charcoal
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: MacDonald 734

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CREATORS

* James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		What Was the Armory Show?
	opening date:   1963-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>What Was the Armory Show?</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 27-September 15, 1963).

	title:		Whistler: Theme and Variation
	opening date:   1978-01-16T05:00:00
	<i>Whistler: Theme and Variation</i>. Montgomery Art Center, Claremont, CA (January 16-February 26, 1978); Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (March 11-April 16, 1978); Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, CA, Stanford, CA (organizer) (May 2-June 18, 1978).

	title:		Whistler: The Later Years
	opening date:   1978-08-27T04:00:00
	<i>Whistler: The Later Years</i>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (August 27-October 8, 1978).

	title:		America Draws
	opening date:   1984-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>America Draws</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

	title:		The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print
	opening date:   1988-08-09T04:00:00
	<i>The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	possibly Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson [c. 1829-1891]
	date: 1880-1892
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	(possibly his sale, Sotheby's, London, March 3, 1892, no. 247, sold to Frederick Keppel)
	date: 1892
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	(possibly sale, Christie's, London, February 7, 1911, no. 174, sold to Parsons)
	date: 1911
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	(possibly sale, Sotheby's, London, November 3, 1919, no. 78A, sold to Max Williams)
	date: 1919
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	(Max Williams, New York, NY)
	date: 1919-1920
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	(sale, Associated American Artists, New York, NY, February 19, 1920, no. 153)
	date: 1920
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	possibly Mitchell Kennerly [1878-1950], New York, NY
	date: 1921
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	(possibly V.G. Fischer, Washington, DC)
	date: 1921-1925
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	Henry Sayles Francis [1902-1994], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: after 1925-1949
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1949-
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