Unfinished Sketch of Lady Haden

1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a person from the waist up. The person is depicted sitting or reclining, with a slightly angled body. The facial features are softly defined, with shadow and outline emphasized over detail. The hair is dark and covered by a hood or cap. The clothing is loosely sketched, suggesting draped fabric covering the shoulders and possibly the chest. There are no visible accessories or objects. The background is plain, with light shading lines for contrast. The sketch is monochrome, using soft pencil strokes to suggest form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 30 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 × 25.6 cm (14 5/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.17.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 116, i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 143.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 356-359, no. 116, i/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65076599

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