Mother and Child, No. 4

1891/1895

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image depicts a woman and a child seated. The woman is holding the child on her lap. She is wearing a long dress, and her hair is tied back with a head covering. The child is lying across her lap. There are no accessories or jewelry visible on either figure. The background is plain with sketched lines suggesting a cushioned seat. The focus of the image is on the figures themselves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.3 × 23.2 cm (5 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 22 × 28.8 cm (8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.371

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 54

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. 135.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 192-193, no. 54.

Wikidata ID

Q65076669

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