
Walter S. Brewster Collection of Whistleriana
<p>An extensive collection of correspondence, printed papers, photographs, and other materials by and about James McNeill Whistler, compiled during the early twentieth century by collector Walter Stanton Brewster, one of a number of American collectors fascinated with Whistler’s art, philosophy, and personality.</p> <p><a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Brewster,%20Walter%20S.,%20Collection%20of%20Whistleriana/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a></p> <p>Collection access:<br>Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a><br><a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a><br><a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a><br><a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a></p> <p>Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:<br>archives@artic.edu</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1871
- Dimensions
- 4 boxes, 9 portfolios, and flatfile materials: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
Artist

Painting
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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More by James McNeill Whistler
Sheet of Stamps of Whistler's Mother
1934 · Uncut sheet of stamps in purple ink
The 26 Etchings (Second Venice set)
1924 · Bound volume of etchings and drypoints printed from original cancelled copper plates
A Doorway in Ajaccio
1901 · brush and gray wash on wove paper
Bohemians
1901 · Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper
At Sea
1901 · pen and brown ink on wove paper
Flaming Forge
1901 · etching in dark brown on laid paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Year
- 1871
- Dimensions
- 4 boxes, 9 portfolios, and flatfile materials: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1871-017856
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





