Study: Maude Seated

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a person seated in a plush chair. The person is leaning back against the chair's cushion with their legs stretched out and hands resting near their face. Their facial features are softly defined, with subtle shadows. The person's hair is styled up in a loose manner. They are wearing a long dress that cascades down the chair. The background is minimally detailed, emphasizing the contours of the chair and the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithotint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.5 × 18.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.6 × 22.2 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.377

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 5

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. 131.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 54-55, no. 5.

Wikidata ID

Q65076711

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