The Doorway

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Maker: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903
Date: 1879/80
Medium: Etching, drypoint and roulette with foul biting in warm black, with selective wiping of plate tone, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 29 × 20.2 cm (11 7/16 × 8 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 30.2 × 20.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: United States
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection