The Storm

1861

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a landscape with the horizon slightly above the center line, where the sky meets distant trees and shrubs. A figure is walking across an open field on the left side. The artwork is created using drypoint etching with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray and black. The sky is depicted with vigorous strokes indicating movement, while the landscape below is more delicately rendered.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on pale green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.537

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York (Lugt 1342); Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 155); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 81.

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. 81, only state.

Wikidata ID

Q65076967

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