The Laundress: "La Blanchisseuse de la Place Dauphine"

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a shopfront. The artwork features a simple yet detailed illustration of shop's exterior. The drawing highlights glass windows with shapes inside along with slightly blurred figures. Curtains are partially open, revealing glimpses of the interior. Above the windows is an inscription that possibly displays the establishment's name or purpose. The sketched lines are delicate yet purposeful, emphasizing architectural features over intricate details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 15.7 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.1 × 20 cm (12 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8718

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 93

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. 58.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 283-285, no. 93.

Wikidata ID

Q65022138

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