The Little Balcony / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.444
- Title
- The Little Balcony
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- 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, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 406 Watermark: large and elaborate
- Dimensions
- 32.3 cm x 20.6 cm (12 11/16 in. x 8 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A vignette of a group of women on a balcony, all looking downward. The women have hats and parasols. There the horizontal bands that indicate architecture delineating different stories. Above the gathering on the terrace, at the center of the image is a small window that shows two other people looking outward.
- Subject Matter
- The president of France, Marie Francois Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) was assassinated on June 24, 1894. On July 1, the day of his funeral procession in Paris, Whistler drew two lithographs (the other is "The Long Balcony," 1964/1.109) showing citizens of Paris watching the progress of the cortege from windows and balconies as the procession passed underneath.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- figures
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 907 x 1424
- File Size
- 105 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.444
- Link to this Item
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"The Little Balcony; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.444/1954_1.444.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
