Tillie: A Model

1873

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.3 × 15.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.2 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.540

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 113, state iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 184); (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. 117, iii/iv.

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. 113, state iv/v.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "HM" verso, lower center sheet, unknown hand. "HM" lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "HD/-/4671" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Howard Mansfield collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink, (Lugt 1342). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Harris Whittemore collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1384a).

Watermarks

"AXA"

Wikidata ID

Q65076981

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