Tillie: A Model

1873

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a figure in profile standing with hands on their knees. The person has softly drawn facial features, slightly lowered eyes, and short swept-back hair. They are nude with no visible clothing or accessories. The background is plain with sketch lines accentuating the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.3 × 15.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.2 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.540

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 113, state iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 184); (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. 117, iii/iv.

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. 113, state iv/v.

Inscriptions

[Whistler's butterfly signature] center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "HM" verso, lower center sheet, unknown hand. "HM" lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "HD/-/4671" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65076981

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