Fumette

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a person sitting with their knees drawn up and arms resting on them. The individual has long, wavy hair and a neutral facial expression. They are dressed in a long, flowing garment with no visible jewelry. The background is textured and the focus is on the person in the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.03 × 10.8 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 21.43 × 13.97 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.774

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 12, state v/v

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings from Nature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 13.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 12, v/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler; lower left in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.

Wikidata ID

Q77012949

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