Carpet Menders, Paris / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.408
- Title
- Carpet Menders, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1897-1898
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On plate, c.l.: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, l.l. (partially trimmed off--originally with tab?): Butterfly monogram.
- Dimensions
- 20.2 cm x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 in. x 9 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- Three women sit just inside the doorway of a building shown frontally to the viewer. The doorway is framed by windows on either side within an archietctural framework that connects the windows and door with a dado under the windows. The women have a large piece of fabric laid over their laps on which they are working. The woman at the left is angled so that she is looking into the room; the other two look out at the viewer. The profile of a fourth woman is visible in the central window on the left side of the door.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler's continuing interest in the arrangements of doorways and windows as a compositional focus dates back to his early work in the French Set. Here, the composition recalls some of his Venice etchings, such as "The Bead-Stringers", but is handled with the light, hair-like fine lines of the Amsterdam etchings. The result is an of evansecent, almost shimmering effect of light.
- Primary Keywords
- buildings
- carpets
- doorways
- doorways and doorway components
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- seated
- sitting
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- europe
- europe (continent)
- figures
- france
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- locality
- objects
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)
- œle-de-france (region)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 537 x 441
- File Size
- 18 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.408
- Link to this Item
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"Carpet Menders, Paris; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.408/1954_1.408.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
