Grand Canal Venice

Artist Frank Duveneck American, 1848 - 1919

Date1882-1883

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlate mark: 12 x 19 11/16 in.
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 in. (46 x 63.5 cm)
Matboard: 21 x 26 1/8 in. (53.3 x 66.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Mary H. Beeman to the Pruyn Family Collection

Object number1982.135

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SignedLower right, outside the plate, in pencil, cursive writing: "F. Duveneck". Inscribed in the plate at LL: initials "FD" adjacent to the title

InscribedLower left inscribed in the plate: "Grande Canal/ Venezia /FD".

MarkingsLR, next to artist's signature: stamp in red ink a stylized monogram of the name "Otto", apparently the collector's stamp of Otto Bacher, owner of this print when it was purchased at an Anderson Galleries auction in 1910 by Louis Hyde. See also EL2003.3.2 for Theodore Wendel etching of Venetian scene with same stamp. Bacher was a student of Frank Duveneck's and one of the so-called "Duveneck's Boys" as was Wendel. The "Otto" stamp is more literal, but in the same stylistic/calligraphic vein as the butterfly used by Whistler, who is credited as the leading figure of the etching revival. Bacher was also a colleague and collaborator of Whistler's in printmaking.

Exhibition History"Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Apr. 27- July 27, 2003.

"A Glens Falls Legacy: The Pruyn Family;" "A Shared Life: Selections from the Pruyn Family Collection," Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, June 8 - August 24, 2008.

"American Artists in Europe", Whitney-Renz Gallery, The Hyde Collection, February 28 - June 11, 2017

“Venetian Vistas,” Hoopes and Whitney-Renz Galleries, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Jan. 20 – April 21, 2024.Provenanceby 1910, New York, NY, Anderson Galleries
1910,Glens Falls, NY, Nell Pruyn Cunningham
1962, Queensbury, NY, Mary Hoopes Beeman,
1982, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust