Self-Portrait

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows an etching of the upper half of a person seated in a relaxed pose. The individual has a prominent moustache, curly hair under a wide-brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and hands positioned near each other without holding any visible objects. The background is minimal with light etching strokes, and the paper surrounding the figure is largely unfilled.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.530

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 54, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 9048). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by W. V. Kellen, 1910; purchased January 20, 1948 by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 54, i/ii.

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. 44, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

on plate: Whistler. 1859; lower right on recto: a 9048

Wikidata ID

Q65076926

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