The Shoemaker

1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketch depicting two individuals. One person is seated, visible from the knees up in a side profile position with a neutral expression. They have abundant hair framing their face, wear a long-sleeved garment, and have objects on a table nearby. The other person stands behind, partially visible in profile, with hair styled away from their face and wearing a dress with long sleeves. They lean on a chair back, appearing to observe the seated individual or the surroundings. The background suggests an interior setting with faint outlines of walls and furniture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.8 × 22.1 cm (6 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 × 35.5 cm (13 1/4 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8797

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 169

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. 151.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 476-478, no. 169.

Wikidata ID

Q65022213

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