The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.437
- Title
- The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- 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 the stone, c.r.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: T.R.W. (in rectangle) Thomas Robert Way. Lugt 2456.
- Dimensions
- 29.9 cm x 20.8 cm (11 3/4 in. x 8 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A broad set of steps leading up to a tree-lined terrace are the main features of this work. Figures on the terrace and a sculpture of putti supporting an urn or pot are visible at the top of the stairs; in the left foreground, a woman and little girl are climbing the stairs.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler drew several lithographs in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. This work shows one of the grand staircases leading to the terraces that fringe the sunken garden.
- Whister was also further experimenting on the use of the stump which had worked so successfully in his Brittany lithographs.
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- farm
- farms
- gardens
- luxembourg gardens
- miners
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- standing
- statue
- statues
- steps
- steps and step components
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural complexes
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- circulation elements
- complexes
- complexes by function
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- europe
- europe (continent)
- figures
- france
- france (nation)
- gardens by form
- geographic and political locations
- locality
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- stair components
- stairs and stair components
- terraces
- the natural world
- ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- œle-de-france (region)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 773 x 1045
- File Size
- 119 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.437
- Link to this Item
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"The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.437/1954_1.437.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
