The Toilet

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a woman in a full-body side profile view. She is facing away from the viewer, holding an open fan with her arms bent at the elbows. Her hair is styled up, showing her neck, and she is wearing a long dress that appears elaborate with layers or ruffles. The background is textured and shaded without any clear objects or settings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26 × 16.4 cm (10 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 × 26.3 cm (15 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8666

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 10, ii/v.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased October 29, 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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 6.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 73-77, no. 10, ii/v.

Inscriptions

in stone: (butterfly); by later hands: Published: 11, July, 1878 in Piccadilly / W. 6ii

Wikidata ID

Q65022085

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