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James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 × 15.5 cm (6 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8816

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 873

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

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 873.

Inscriptions

center right butterfly signature; lower left verso: to be framed in the green gold-; lower right verso: Mr. Wheatley Frame Maker / 49. London St- / Fitzroy Sqr.

Markings

lower left in black ink: LRJ stamp; lower left in black ink: NGA/LRJ stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64580659

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