Archive: August 2017 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2017; (Month) August

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Buildings that No Longer Exist: Photochroms of a Bygone Time

August 23, 2017

The following is a guest post by Leslie Granillo, a Junior Fellow in the Prints & Photographs Division, Summer 2017 This summer I’ve been lucky enough to work with a wonderful collection of Photochroms. Going through them has been like taking a vacation through Europe, with the added advantage of being able to travel back in …

Posted in: Architecture, Photographs, Prints

Whistler’s Etching Needle on View in “The Art of Etching: Masterpieces by James McNeill Whistler”

August 2, 2017

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division and Linda Stiber Morenus, Special Assistant to the Director of Scholarly & Educational Programs and longtime paper conservator. Known for his credo “Art for Art’s Sake,” American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834 – 1903) was a virtuoso etcher whose …

Posted in: News & Events, Prints

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2017; (Month) August