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Staircase by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

Staircase

Staircase

James McNeill Whistler

1891

Medium: Transfer lithograph in black on grayish white chine, laid down on ivory plate paper
Dimensions: Image: 18.4 × 16.3 cm (7 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Primary support: 20.4 × 18.6 cm (8 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 41.3 × 31.7 cm (16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Genre: transfer lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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