Wheelwright

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a cluttered, rustic interior with various objects and structures. The drawing depicts the inside of a large barn or workshop. Wooden beams stretch across the ceiling, with details of wheels, planks, and boards in the foreground. On the right, there are shapes resembling tools, benches, or storage areas. The composition has strong perspective, emphasizing shadows and forms with a hatching technique. The style suggests an artist interested in structure and detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 12.6 × 17.7 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8557

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 240, state ix/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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. 233, v/v.

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. 240, state ix/ix.

Inscriptions

on plate: (2 butterflies); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower left on the verso: Wheelwright; lower right on the verso: 4; lower right on the verso: 500oo (the oo superscript); lower right on verso: (DD 772)

Wikidata ID

Q65021973

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