Provenance

Edward G. Kennedy

American, 1849 - 1932

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James McNeill Whistler, Furniture Shop, c. 1887, etching in dark brown on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.270

Furniture Shop

James McNeill Whistler · c. 1887 · etching in dark brown on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1949.5.270

Alphonse Legros, Black Cat (Le chat noir), c. 1861, etching on laid paper, Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams, 1946.4.15

Black Cat (Le chat noir)

Alphonse Legros · c. 1861 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1946.4.15

James McNeill Whistler, Ramparts, Sandwich, c. 1887, etching on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.8604

Ramparts, Sandwich

James McNeill Whistler · c. 1887 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.8604

A woman stands with her back to us wearing a silver and black gown as she turns to look to our right in profile in this vertical portrait painting. We look slightly down onto the woman, and her features are painted with blended brushstrokes, making some details indistinct. She has pale, peachy skin, a straight nose, a strong chin, and her pink lips are closed. Black bangs brush the temple we can see, and her hair is pulled up into a bun high on the back of her head. Her black bodice has elbow-length, ruffled silver sleeves, which seem to be overlaid with translucent black material gathered in tiers. More gauzy black material covers her upper back to a high, black collar. A pearl-white bow at her lower back is nearly the width of her waist. The silver fabric of her long skirt drapes to and on the floor in a short train in deep folds. The woman’s right arm hangs by her side, and she holds what might be a piece of black fabric. A baseboard angles in a shallow diagonal down to our right across her hips. The wall above is smoky mauve-purple and below is charcoal gray. The shape of a butterfly within a darker oval is on the wall just to our right of the woman’s wrist.
James McNeill Whistler, Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian, 1888(?)-1900, oil on canvas, Harris Whittemore Collection, 1943.6.1

Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian

James McNeill Whistler · 1888(?)-1900 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1943.6.1