Trial Sketch: Grand Rue, Dieppe

c. 1891

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a city scene from an aerial viewpoint. The buildings are sketched lightly with minimal detail in an impressionistic style. There is a lack of a distinct horizon line, focusing more on the middle structures. Small elements like trees or shadows are indicated with dots and lines. The color scheme is monochromatic with shades of gray against a warm-toned background. The scene loses detail in the distance, creating an atmospheric perspective.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.2 × 13 cm (2 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 14.5 × 16.3 cm (5 11/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8792

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 44

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. 146.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 169-171, no. 44.

Wikidata ID

Q65022208

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