The Steps, Luxembourg

1893

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a sketch of a staircase with human figures ascending. A woman with a child is seen climbing the steps, with loose and sketchy strokes defining their figures. A statue and other figures are present on the staircase. In the background, there are trees with bare branches. The sketch uses a limited grayscale palette and is executed in pencil or charcoal on paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in blck on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.8 × 15.7 cm (8 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.9 × 20.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8703

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 68

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. 43.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 229-231, no. 68.

Wikidata ID

Q65022122

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