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1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a charcoal or pencil sketch of a person, only showing the upper half of their body. The person is sitting at a slight angle, facing forward. Their facial features are softly rendered, with a focus on the eyes and mouth. Their hair is voluminous and styled loosely. The person is wearing a high-collared garment with minimal detailing. There are no visible accessories or objects. The background is depicted with broad, rough strokes for texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 23 cm (11 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8760

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 145

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. 103.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 421-423, no. 145.

Wikidata ID

Q65022179

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