Mother and Child, No. 1

1891/1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a woman sitting and holding a child on her lap. Both the woman and child are depicted with most of their bodies visible. The woman's face is gently sketched, looking down at the child. She has styled hair and is wearing a flowing garment. The child appears unclothed with curly hair. The background is lightly sketched, possibly suggesting an indoor setting with basic furnishings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 19.1 cm (7 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 33.2 × 20.4 cm (13 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8739

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 51, ii/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. 80.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 185-188, no. 51, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022158

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