Annie Seated

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a girl seated with her hands folded in her lap, in a chair slightly turned to the left. She has long hair, is wearing a long-sleeved dress and has her eyes closed or lowered. The background is minimal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John E. Stocker

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.02 x 9.53 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 17.78 x 13.97 cm (7 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.125.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 32, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John E. Stocker, Arlington; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 30, ii/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 32, state iii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler; lower center in plate: Annie; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: Annie Seated 24.00; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 7817; by unknown hand, lower left verso in graphite: B30826.; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 24.

Watermarks

tiny fragment (illegible)

Wikidata ID

Q76342887

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