Savoy Pigeons

1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is a drawing of an urban scene with an elevated view. The scene shows a curving path leading to a bridge in the background. There are buildings and structures sketched in the distance under a lightly clouded sky. The drawing uses soft lines and shading, creating an impressionistic effect. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray on a cream-colored background. Two small figures can be seen walking along the path.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 × 13.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 × 22.8 cm (11 5/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8774

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 154

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. 118.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 439-442, no. 154.

Wikidata ID

Q65022193

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