Draped Figure, Standing

1891

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a person standing upright with a slight lean to their right. Their head is bowed, looking downwards, with their right hand resting against the side of their face. The person's facial features are not clearly defined. They have short, wavy hair, partly covered with a head covering. They are wearing a loose, flowing garment that covers them from head to toe, with bare feet partially hidden. There are no visible accessories or objects in their hands. The background is a plain, light-colored canvas with subtle orange shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Myron A. Hofer

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 17 cm (9 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 21.2 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.10.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 46, iv/iv

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. 155.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 174-178, no. 46, iv/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65076756

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