Draped Model

1870

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a person standing in an upright position. They are wrapped in a long cloak or garment that covers their body. The person's face is visible, with delicate features and straight hair with a fringe. The background consists of loosely sketched lines, suggesting a wall or flat surface. The scene is depicted in monochromatic tones with fine pencil work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8463

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 109, state vi/xi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

( H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 65769). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 100, iv/viii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 109, state vi/xi.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); lower left on the recto: W87; sideways at lower center on the verso: 247; lower right on the verso: 93; lower center on the recto by Harold Wright: The Model Resting

Watermarks

IV countermark

Wikidata ID

Q65021880

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