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Bilhetes

O portal, da série Veneza formada por doze água-fortes

1879–80
Not on view
Whistler criou a placa para estas imagem, uma das dozes vistas encomendadas pela Sociedade de Belas Artes de Londres, durante suas visitas a Veneza, em 1879 e 1880. Começou por traçar com extremo cuidado as linhas com a agulha, repassou-as com ponta-seca e logo aplicou duas cores de tinta durante a impressão. Usou a tinta preta para as linhas que descrevem o portal do Palazzo Gussoni, com sua decoração exuberante, no canal chamado Rio da Fava. Depois, aplicou tinta marrom sobre as partes da placa que apenas continham as linhas, quase da mesma forma que um monotipo, para criar o fluxo evanescente de água no primeiro plano e seus reflexos evocativos na oficina escura, que se vislumbra atrás dos degraus.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: O portal, da série Veneza formada por doze água-fortes
  • Artista: James McNeill Whistler, americano, 1834–1903
  • Meio: Água-forte e ponta-seca, sexto estado de sete
  • Dimensões: 29,2 x 20 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Fundo Harris Brisbane Dick, 1917
  • Número de acesso: 17.3.90
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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