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Salute Dawn

A work made of etching and drypoint in dark brown on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching and drypoint in dark brown on cream laid paper.

Date:

1879/80

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Salute Dawn

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1879–1880

Medium

Etching and drypoint in dark brown on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed on the reserved tab, in graphite, with the butterfly and inscribed “imp”; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: “a38685 / a15442 (crossed out)”

Dimensions

Primary support: 12.6 × 20.2 cm (5 × 8 in.); Secondary support: 27 × 33 cm (10 11/16 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Reference Number

2016.517

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