Nocturne
James McNeill Whistler · 1878, published 1887 · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Maker
- James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903
- Date
- 1878, published 1887
- Medium
- Lithotint, on a prepared half-tint ground, in black with scraping, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory plate paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- Image: 17.1 × 25.9 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.); Primary support: 17 × 25.8 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.1 × 49.8 cm (13 7/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- United States
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of the Crown Family in honor of James N. Wood
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0