La Belle Jardinière

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The sketch depicts a standing woman gazing at a tall container of flowers. Her head is slightly tilted, revealing delicate facial features. She wears a large hat and a long flowing dress with ruffles. Surrounding her are foliage and a faintly sketched building in the background. The background is composed of lightly sketched lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.3 × 15.8 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 33.7 × 20.4 cm (13 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8723

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 101

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.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 91, repro.

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 63.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 91.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 312-313, no. 101.

Wikidata ID

Q65022144

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