James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Nocturne (The River at Battersea)., 1878
Lithotint on a prepared half-tint ground, printed on chine-collé
17.1 x 25.7 cm
6 3/4 x 10 1/8 in
6 3/4 x 10 1/8 in
Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone; signed in margin with butterfly signature in pencil.
LOPF 2026: Allinson Gallery, Inc., Online Exhibitor
Price upon application
J.A.M. Whistler probably executed his second lithotint, 'Nocturne', in the spring of 1878. In 1912 the printer Thomas Robert Way recalled that this lithotint was drawn not at the site,...
J.A.M. Whistler probably executed his second lithotint, "Nocturne", in the spring of 1878. In 1912 the printer Thomas Robert Way recalled that this lithotint was drawn not at the site, but rather "at one sitting from memory" in the printing offices on Wellington Street. In this early lithograph Whistler worked directly on the stone (rather than using transfer paper), applying washes of ink to achieve striking atmospheric effects.
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