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James McNeill Whistler

The Balcony

1879–80
Etching and drypoint; sixteenth state of nineteen (Glasgow); printed in dark brown ink on heavy laid buff paper
29.7 × 19.9 cm (11.7 × 7.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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