Father and Son

1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of an industrial or work scene. The image shows two figures engaged in manual labor, likely around machinery. The drawing is made with loose lines using charcoal or graphite on paper. The background and details are suggested rather than explicitly drawn. The focus is on capturing the movement and posture of the figures. The overall atmosphere is one of active engagement within an industrial context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.1 × 15.6 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 × 22.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8745

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 123

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. 87.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 372-374, no. 123.

Wikidata ID

Q65022164

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