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1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketch of a person standing. The figure is upright with a slight turn, and appears to be holding something. The facial features are lightly sketched, and the hair is short and neatly styled. The person is wearing formal clothing: a long coat over a suit. The background has a textured, hatched pattern that contrasts with the figure. There are no visible jewelry or objects in the person's hands.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.2 × 10.6 cm (7 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 × 23 cm (11 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8768

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 141

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 111.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp.412-414, no. 141.

Wikidata ID

Q65022187

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