Jo's Bent Head

1861

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a sketch of a person with the upper part of their torso shown. The person is sitting with their head slightly bowed forward and facing the front. They have shoulder-length wavy hair. The facial features are softly drawn, with a visible outline of the profile. The person's clothing is loosely sketched, and no additional details are provided. There are no visible accessories or objects in the person's hands. The background is textured and shaded, emphasizing the person's form without any specific details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 29.21 x 19.37 cm (11 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8451

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; 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.

1953

  • Whistler's Prints after Fifty Years, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1953.

1959

  • Courbet's Contemporaries in Prints and Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1959-1960.

2022

  • The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 9.

  • The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 9.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 78, ii/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 88, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021868

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