The Dance House: Nocturne, etching by Whistler

A dark, hatched etching of a night scene with a building's facade, its upper windows lit faintly from within. A bright starburst of light glows near the center above a small dim figure or post, while the lower ground dissolves into dense, scratchy shadow.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Date

1889

Medium

Etching in black ink on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2529 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.