The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a pencil sketch of a classical architectural facade with a large central opening, showcasing the entrance of a building supported by two columns. The top of the structure features an ornate rounded arch. Loose and sketchy pencil strokes create an impressionistic feel, with a monochromatic color palette of light tan and black. Figures within the entrance appear engaged in a workshop or laborious activity, adding life to the scene. The background is undefined, focusing attention on the central activity and architectural details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.9 × 16.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.5 × 23.7 cm (13 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8713

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 92

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. 53.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 281-283, no. 92.

Wikidata ID

Q65022132

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