Stéphane Mallarmé

1892

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a monochromatic sketch of a man depicted from the waist up. He is seated, with his body angled slightly to the side and his head turned gently towards the viewer. His facial features include a prominent mustache and a straight gaze, and his hair appears short. He is dressed in what seems to be a jacket, as suggested by the texture and shading, and may have a high-collared shirt under it. The background is plain. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held. The style of the sketch is loose and impressionistic, with the figure blending subtly into the surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.7 × 7 cm (3 13/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 × 24.6 cm (12 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8726

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 60

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.

1964

  • Old Master Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, organized by the Smithsonian Travelling Exhibitions Service, toured to Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles; University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH; Dullin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN; Atlanta Art Association, GA; York Junior College Gallery, York, PA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Hill School, Pottstown, PA; Milwaukee Art Center, WI; and Western Washington State College. Bellingham, WA, 1964-1966, no. 42.

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 66.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 207-209, no. 60.

Wikidata ID

Q65022147

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