La Mère Gérard

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a person standing in a relaxed pose looking straight ahead. The person is wearing historical attire, including a long dress, a shawl, and a bonnet. They are holding a piece of fabric on their right arm. The background is plain with a simple, lightly sketched texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 × 8.89 cm (5 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.7 × 18.26 cm (8 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.316

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 24, iv/iv

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings from Nature

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1928; 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. 11.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 24, iv/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Whistler; lower center in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: P.5642 / 9726

Wikidata ID

Q77013854

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