Annie, Seated

1858/1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a young girl seated with her full upper body visible and slightly more than half of her lower body, down to the knees. Her head is tilted downwards, and her hands are folded in her lap. The girl's facial features are delicately rendered with soft lines portraying her eyes, nose, and mouth. Her mid-length, slightly wavy hair falls around her shoulders. She is wearing a long garment, likely a dress, with ample fabric creating folds and a voluminous shape around her legs. The chair she sits on is lightly outlined in the background, which is plain and unadorned with subtle shading suggesting the ground beneath the chair. Crosshatching details add depth and dimension to the scene.

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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: 13.18 × 9.68 cm (5 3/16 × 3 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 14.29 cm (8 × 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.413

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 32, state iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick 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

1978

  • Artists and Their Circles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 17, repro

Bibliography

1910

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

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 32, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler; lower center in plate: Annie; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 8626; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: A93056; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: HY

Wikidata ID

Q77008730

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