Father and Son

1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Thomas Robert Way

Printer, British, 1861/1862 - 1913

The sketch displays two figures from the waist up. The person on the left is slightly bent over, while the person on the right is leaning forward. The facial features are not detailed. Both figures wear hats and loose-fitting clothing. No specific jewelry or objects are shown. The background consists of indistinct lines and shading, hinting at a natural or outdoor setting. The scene focuses on the posture and gesture of the figures rather than specific details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bud and Fran Moreland Johns)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 21.27 × 15.88 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.05 × 25.24 cm (11 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3497

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 123

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, San Jose, California); Bud and Fran Moreland Johns, San Francisco, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 87.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 372-374, no. 123.

Inscriptions

upper left on stone: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Early impr. First stage Father + Son; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 87; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a90330 / a41036 [strikethrough] / nu-

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: [unidentified symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77010522

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