Figure Study

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a person standing with a slight lean, holding a large draped fabric. Their head is turned to one side, with softly rendered facial features. They wear a pointed hat and a voluminous, flowing garment. The background is plain and the overall tone is light with delicate lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.6 × 14.1 cm (7 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.1 × 23.1 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.369

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 113

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. 76.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 350-351, no. 113.

Wikidata ID

Q65076662

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