La Robe Rouge

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The sketch shows a woman sitting in a chair, with her entire body visible. She is in a relaxed seated position, with her left hand resting on the arm of the chair and her right arm bent. Her facial features are softly drawn, with gentle curves indicating her eyes, nose, and mouth. Her hair is dark and curly, covering her ears. She is wearing a long dress or gown that covers her legs. The background consists of light sketch lines suggesting the edges of the room and the back of the chair.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.8 × 15.5 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.5 × 18.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8728

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 107, i/ii

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. 68.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 332-336, no. 107, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022149

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