The Kitchen

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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The image shows the back view of a person in a narrow, dimly-lit room. The person is standing near a small window at the far end of the room. The person's back is visible, with hands out of sight. No facial features or hair details are visible. The person is wearing a long, dark garment. The room has shelves with round, flat objects and jugs or containers. The floor and ceiling have rough, textured lines. Light comes in through the window, illuminating the person's silhouette and the room's walls.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 × 15.88 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet (with tab): 23.5 × 15.88 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8414

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 16, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 46684). 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, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Wikidata ID

Q65021830

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