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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

1858

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing showing an interior space with furnishings and textiles. The room depicted has rough walls, hanging cloths, a narrow passage leading to a table, shelves on the wall, and hanging objects. The artwork utilizes cross-hatching and intricate line work to create textures on the walls and textiles, giving a feeling of historical charm. The representation of natural elements like cloth and wood adds a sense of intimate realism to the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate): 15.2 × 8.8 cm (6 × 3 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.62
Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 29, state i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by G. Mayer, Wayne PA, 1910. John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; Gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Estate of John Nichols Estabrook

Bibliography

1910

Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 23.

2012

MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 29, state i/v. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Whistler

Wikidata ID

Q74876850

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