The Kitchen

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of an interior scene with a figure near a window. The composition depicts a narrow room with textured walls. The floor is lined with crosshatches. To the left, shelves with various vessels are visible, while on the right, another surface holds what appears to be open books or papers. At the end of the room, a tall figure stands facing away, silhouetted against the light coming through a small window covered with vines or hanging plants. The drawing focuses on light and shadow play.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 × 15.88 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8413

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 16, state ii/iii

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings From Nature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 24.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 16, state ii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler / Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.

Wikidata ID

Q65021829

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