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1888

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This image shows a sketch of a house with a rooftop, chimney, and a fence extending horizontally across the scene. The drawing uses a pencil technique with loose strokes to outline the architecture and vegetation. The color palette is limited to shades of gray against a cream background. A tree frames the building in the foreground, while faint lines suggest additional elements in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.4 × 20.2 cm (4 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.4 × 28.6 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8678

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 23

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

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 19.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 124-125, no. 23.

Wikidata ID

Q65022097

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