The Music Room

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows three people seated at a round table with a tablecloth, illuminated by a lamp. The person on the left is reclining in an armchair, with short hair. The middle person is reading a book, with indistinct facial features. The person on the right is seated at the table, engrossed in reading, wearing a dress. The lamp on the table illuminates papers and the individuals. In the background, there are framed objects leaning against the wall, beside large windows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in brown-black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.45 × 21.27 cm (5 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.37 × 29.21 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.336

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 29, ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcorn Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1930; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Whistler’s World: The Master’s Etchings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 15

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 20, repro

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 33.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 39, ii/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 24813 K.33II The Music Room

Wikidata ID

Q77008690

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