The Garden

1891

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a group of individuals gathered around a table. The figures are drawn with light, sketch-like lines, with limited details. A standing figure is in the center, surrounded by seated individuals. The table is covered with a cloth and holds various items. The background suggests an outdoor setting with foliage or trees. No explicit jewelry is visible in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17 × 18.5 cm (6 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.6 × 20 cm (12 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8697

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 40


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.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 48.

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 38.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 162.-163, no. 40

Wikidata ID

Q65022116

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