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Red House, Paimpol

1893

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of a historic half-timbered building. The structure depicted in the drawing is characterized by its timber framing and intricate patterns. The building features multiple stories with visible half-timber structures, and the roof is steep. The drawing is minimalistic, with hints of red to highlight architectural details. The sketch is rendered on a beige background with varying line density suggesting depth and perspective.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

image: 22.7 × 16.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
sheet: 37.1 × 24.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.8757
Catalogue Raisonné

Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 66, ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931

Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

1933

An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 198.

1965

Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 110.

Bibliography

1896

Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 100.

1998

Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 220-224, no. 66, ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65022176

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