Bead Stringers

1880

Venetian street life unfolds in this etching that captures the quiet industry of local craftspeople with the observational sensitivity that marked Whistler's Italian sojourn.

Medium: etching

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James McNeill Whistler, Bead Stringers, 1880

Venetian street life unfolds in this etching that captures the quiet industry of local craftspeople with the observational sensitivity that marked Whistler's Italian sojourn.

Medium: etching
Year: 1880
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art