The Music-Room

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image displays three people in an interior setting. Two people are seated at a table, while one person is in an armchair. The person in the armchair is seen reading a newspaper. The table is illuminated by a lamp with a wide shade. The person nearest to the lamp is engrossed in a book. The third person at the table is also reading and appears to be wearing a long dress. The background is simple, with the light from the lamp highlighting the wall's texture and shading. Framed objects or artworks are leaning against the wall on the left side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.61 x 21.59 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 x 33.02 cm (9 1/2 x 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8418

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 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. 33, ii/ii.

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. 39.

Inscriptions

on recto in graphite: K.33 II Music Room

Wikidata ID

Q65021834

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