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James McNeill Whistler

The Doorway

1879–80
Etching, drypoint and roulette, printed in brownish-black ink on ivory laid paper; fourteenth state of twenty (Glasgow)
29.2 × 20 cm (11.5 × 7.9 in)

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

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