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James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows two figures depicted from the waist up. The figure on the left is seated, facing slightly towards the viewer with a relaxed posture. The figure on the right is standing or leaning, facing the side with a more detailed profile. They appear to be wearing a long-sleeved shirt tucked into pants. The background is an abstract blur of strokes, suggesting an indoor setting. The sketch is done with expressive lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 15.3 cm (8 1/16 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 18.3 cm (10 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8756

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 129

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. 98.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 388-390, no. 129.

Wikidata ID

Q65022175

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