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James McNeill WhistlerWW-1891-015422
1891·Transfer lithograph in black on grayish white chine, laid down on ivory plate paper·Image: 18.4 × 16.3 cm (7 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Primary support: 20.4 × 18.6 cm (8 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 41.3 × 31.7 cm (16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1891
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.4 × 16.3 cm (7 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Primary support: 20.4 × 18.6 cm (8 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 41.3 × 31.7 cm (16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
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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- James McNeill Whistler
- Year
- 1891
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.4 × 16.3 cm (7 1/4 × 6 7/16 in.); Primary support: 20.4 × 18.6 cm (8 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 41.3 × 31.7 cm (16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1891-015422
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified