Mother and Child. No. 2 / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.454
- Title
- Mother and Child. No. 2
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, to l. of figures: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: T.R.W. (in rectangle) Thomas Robert Way. Lugt 2456 Watermark: (Partial) Van Gelder Zonen
- Dimensions
- 22.5 cm x 28.3 cm (8 7/8 in. x 11 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A woman with curly hair and a scarf or bandeau around her hair sits sideways (facing left) on a couch, looking down. In her lap, seated at a right angle to the woman's legs, is a young child. Behind the couch is indication of drapery hanging.
- Subject Matter
- Drawn on thin French transfer paper known as "papier végétal", this is one of a group of mother and child images that Whistler drew in 1891; it was not transfered to a stone for printing by Thomas Way until 1895.
- Secondary Keywords
- family
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- how we live
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- relationships
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1235 x 961
- File Size
- 82 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.454
- Link to this Item
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"Mother and Child. No. 2; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.454/1954_1.454.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
