The Fur Cloak

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a full-length sketch of a person standing. The individual is shown facing forward with their body slightly angled to the side. The face has subtle features, eyes, and a faint hint of a mouth, framed by short hair or a cap. The person is clad in a long garment, potentially a coat or robe, with sketched textures indicating folds and shadows. There are no visible accessories or objects held by the individual. The background features abstract, cross-hatched pencil strokes, adding a textured effect around the figure, with no detailed scenery or context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 22.5 × 12.5 cm (8 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8613

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 367, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Listed by E. G. Kennedy, no owner given, 1910. (Knoedler & Co., New York). Bought November 10, 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. 332, iii/iii.

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. 367, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

on tab: (butterfly) imp; on verso: MK 30682

Watermarks

'IV' countermark

Wikidata ID

Q65022029

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