Bibi Valentin

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a young child in a relaxed seated pose. The child has a slight lean, with their head tilted and gazing straight ahead. The facial features are depicted with large eyes, a small nose, and medium-length hair. The child wears a loose-fitting outfit with long sleeves and a high collar. They are barefoot, with one leg extended forward and the other bent at the knee. The background is minimalistic with faint horizontal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Julius Garfinckel)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.08 × 22.54 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.54 × 30.96 cm (8 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.430

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 34, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Keppel & Co., New York); Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; 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. 21

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 50.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 34, ii/ii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler. 1859.; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 8628; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: A94943; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: YC

Wikidata ID

Q77008711

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