ID: 700009056 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009056	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Doorway (etching (print); N/A; 1879/1880; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 17.3.90)

Note: Richly ornamented panels surround a central void and invite us into the shadowed interior of the Palazzo Gussoni, with a sunlit courtyard glimpsed beyond. This etching belongs to Whistler’s "First Venice Set," and the artist found his subject on the Rio de la Fava canal, east of the Rialto. The dark interior space seems dappled with reflected light shining through a grid that fills the central arch. Close inspection, however, reveals the shapes to be chairs hanging from the ceiling. Whistler undoubtedly planned this coincidence of patterning and avoided clarifying the details. His interest in shifting light led him to devote one-third of the sheet to the foreground canal, where subtly manipulated plate tone contrasts suggested depth with reflected surface.

Titles:

The Doorway (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1879/1880

Creator Display:

N/A [preferred]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 17.3.90

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Display Materials: Etching, drypoint and roulette; printed in brownish-black ink on ivory laid paper

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

	roulettes (engraving tools) [300022774]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for printing and printmaking>, printing surface preparation equipment, printing surface preparation tools)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

Dimensions: Plate: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm); Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (29.2 × 20 cm); Frame: 21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Venice [7018159]
	.....(Venezia province (province), Veneto (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Palazzo Gussoni [700009055]
	.....(Palazzo Gussoni [700009055], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	doorway [300002767]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <openings and opening components>, openings (architectural elements), <openings by form>, <doorways and doorway components>) (AAT)

Provenance: Harris Brisbane Dick; Vendor: Dick Estate, U.S. Trust

Inscriptions: Signature: In plate: butterfly monogram; In graphite: butterfly monogram and "imp" dating from c. 1887 on reserved tab

State: fourteenth state of twenty (Glasgow)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... First Venice Set

.................... The Doorway

Sources and Contributors:
The Doorway	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)