Art, literature & history
The Mast (The Venetian Mast)
1879–80
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint; seventh state of twelve (Glasgow); printed in black ink on heavy wove ivory paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 13 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (34.1 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (34.3 x 16.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 41.1.197
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Mast (The Venetian Mast). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Mast (The Venetian Mast) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879–80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint; seventh state of twelve (Glasgow); printed in black ink on heavy wove ivory paper. Dimensions: Plate: 13 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (34.1 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (34.3 x 16.2 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.