Conversation Under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens

1893

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a scene with several figures seated in chairs and a statue on a pedestal in an outdoor setting. The viewpoint is slightly raised. The horizon line is not clear, suggesting an enclosed space like a garden. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, with minimal lines and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using dark graphite and beige tones. Various figures are seated, engaged in conversation, with some in the foreground and others around the central statue. Trees and vertical elements frame the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17 × 15.4 cm (6 11/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.4 × 20.6 cm (12 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8704

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 69

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. 44.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 231-232, no. 69.

Wikidata ID

Q65022123

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