Miss Lenoir

c. 1887

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketch of a person from the waist up. The subject is facing forward with their hands near their chest. The person's facial features are lightly sketched, and their hair is styled up under a hat or headpiece with textured or feather-like details. They wear a detailed, ruffled collar or a fur-like garment around their neck and shoulders. There are no visible pieces of jewelry. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 9.8 × 6.7 cm (3 7/8 × 2 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8615

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 365, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 334.

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. 365, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower right on the verso: 75

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65022031

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