The Riva, No. 1
date: label: Date
content: 1879-1880
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Description
content: Canceled plate for the print "The Riva."
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content: Whistler's contract with the Fine Art Society required him to produce one hundred impressions of each of twelve prints. He did not make all twelve hundred impressions at once, but printed them in batches as they sold. Since the society sold the prints separately as well as in sets, Whistler completed printing the more popular images first. When he finished printing an image, Whistler "canceled" the plate by defacing it. He finished printing The Riva, No. 1 by mid-June 1892, when he sent the canceled plate to the society. For an example of the print, see F1893.92.
label: Label
content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K192; canceled copper plate.
label: Provenance
content: 1892
label: Provenance
content: Max Williams Co., New York to 1892 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1892 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Max Williams Co. in 1892 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Max Williams Co. (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: copper
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1892.15
objectType: label: Type
content: Tool and Equipment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Copper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 20.1 x 29.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11 11/16 in)