Fumette's Bent Head

1859

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a person's upper body, from the waist up. The person is facing slightly to their right, giving a three-quarter view of their face. The facial features include pronounced eyebrows and a mustache, and they have long, wavy hair falling over their shoulders. The sketch suggests the person is wearing a collared garment with fabric folds. The background is minimal, with light sketch lines and subtle horizontal lines on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 31.75 x 24.77 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.532

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 58, state i/i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow; 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; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 131); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 213.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 57, 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. 58, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

on recto: Whistler

Wikidata ID

Q65076931

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