Riva, No 1
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834 - 1903
Date1879-1880
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 11 3/4 in. (20.3 x 29.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Mary H. Beeman to the Pruyn Family Collection
Object number1995.12.1
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
SignedSheet trimmed to edge of image plate mark with artist's butterfly signature on a projecting tag.
DescriptionView of the lagoon in Venice. A few boats docked alongside a quay in the foreground with many others along the crescent-shaped shore in the background. Mostly sailboats and ships, one gondola in foreground. Many small figures on the foreground quay. Buildings curving from left of right across background.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," The Hyde Collection, Charles R. Wood Gallery, June 8 - August 24, 2008.
"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013
"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.ProvenanceQueensbury, NY, Mary Hoopes Beeman
1995, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
