Draped Figure, Standing

1891

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a full-body sketch of a standing person. The person is in a leaning position with their head tilted slightly downward and one hand on their hip while the other arm falls by their side. The facial features are soft and slightly abstract, with wavy hair flowing down to the shoulders. They are wearing a long, flowing garment that drapes around their body and reaches the ground, depicted with sweeping lines. No visible jewelry or objects are present, and the background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in orange on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 × 11.2 cm (8 15/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 20.1 cm (10 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8799

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 46, ii/iv

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. 155.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 174-178, no. 46, ii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65022215

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