Maud, Standing

c. 1873

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a full-length sketch of a person in profile facing to the right. The individual stands upright with a slight lean forward. The facial features are delicately drawn, with a softly defined face and mostly obscured eye. The person's hair is styled up, possibly in a bun or with decorative elements. They wear a long, textured garment that likely is a dress with layered or patterned detailing, and a dark collar. The background consists of abstract, vertical strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint with white chalk additions on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 x 19.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8471

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 169, state x/xvi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 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. 114, x/xii

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. 169, state x/xvi.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] right center composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. ""Maud"" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K114IX touched T.W.115" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65021888

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