Fumette, Standing

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The sketch shows a woman standing in a three-quarter position. Her facial features are delicately drawn with a calm expression. She has wavy hair that falls past her shoulders. She is wearing a long dress with a fitted bodice, full sleeves, and a flowing skirt that reaches the floor. The background is plain. There are no visible accessories or objects in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.531

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 56, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired 1919 (probably purchased through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York) by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 130); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 56, i/ii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 59, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

signature in graphite lower right on recto below the plate: Whistler; below signature by later hand(?): [E?]; WSO

Wikidata ID

Q65076930

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