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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

The Long Gallery, Louvre, 1894

Original lithograph

Signed / monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone

24 by 16 cm

Mounted 42.5 by 30 cm

A scarce, highly sought after and beautiful lithograph by a significant and accomplished print maker.

This print is in many significant collections including the V&A , Rijksmuseum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Whitworth Art Gallery.

From the V&A catalogue:

'Whistler shows the gallery visitors rapt in their own viewing and dwarfed by the space of the gallery. He believed that the viewer should strive for a 'pure' aesthetic response to art, unsullied by social tastes and the interpretation of critics.'

From the Whitworth Art Gallery catalogue:

'Whistler and his wife, Beatrix, returned to settle in Paris in 1892, taking a house in the rue de Bac that he kept until 1901. This lithograph shows the eastern bay of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, where paintings by masters of the Italian High Renaissance were displayed. Whistler captured not only the scale of the long room, but also the quality of light, the glossy character of the highly polished floor, and the groups of spectators studying and copying the works of art.'

Currently for sale elsewhere at more than £500.

A wonderful addition to any collection.

We currently hold just one copy of this print, and it's likely to go quickly at this price.

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