A Lady Seated

1893

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a sketch of a seated woman. She is shown from just above her knees upward, slightly turned to the side. Her left hand rests in her lap and her right arm is by her side. Her facial features are softly outlined, with a gentle expression. She wears a hat with a feather or decorative element. The woman is dressed in a long coat or dress with fur or ruffled edges. The sketch shows an interior setting, possibly on a sofa or chair with a textured back. The background has light pencil strokes hinting at a patterned wall or simple furnishings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 × 17.2 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 22.7 cm (11 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.362

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 79

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. 152.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 252-254, no. 79.

Wikidata ID

Q65076613

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