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James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a person sitting on a stool or chair. The person is shown in a side profile, facing forward. They have short hair under a hat with a brim. The individual is wearing long, flowing clothing. The sketch has minimal facial features but highlights a soft gaze. The background is simplistic and lacks detail, with some textured lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in dark brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 21.4 × 12.5 cm (8 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8614

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 364, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York). Purchaed 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. 333.

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. 364, only state .

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower right on verso: mK 30683; an illegible 'a' number erased at lower left on verso;

Watermarks

Crowned GR with crossed branches in circle countermark to PRO PATRIA / MVD (near Chicago watermarks 98 and 99)

Wikidata ID

Q65022030

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