The Long Gallery, Louvre

1894

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of an art gallery interior. The drawing shows a spacious gallery hall with an arched ceiling, high walls adorned with framed artwork, and several figures moving or standing around. The sketchy lines convey movement and volume, creating a soft and atmospheric view of the space. The perspective is directed towards an archway at the end of the gallery where more figures can be observed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 15.9 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 × 21.2 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.4.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 86

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Miss Ellen T. Bullard [1865-1959], Boston; gift 1941 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 219.

1964

  • Prints by Whistler from the National Gallery Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1964, no cat.

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 52.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 268-271, no. 86.

Wikidata ID

Q64958821

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