The Long Gallery, Louvre

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of the interior of an art gallery or museum. The image features a spacious hall with high ceilings and walls adorned with framed artworks. There are indistinct figures sketched throughout the space, suggesting movement and interaction among them. The architectural details indicate a grand space characterized by columns and archways. The use of light and shadow emphasizes the scale and depth of the interior. The drawing captures the ambiance of a cultural setting, focusing on the interaction between the structural space and the role it plays in hosting art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 15.9 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 33.5 × 23.8 cm (13 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8712

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 86

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. 46.

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 52.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 268-271, no. 86.

Wikidata ID

Q65022131

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