La Vieille aux Loques / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.327
- Title
- La Vieille aux Loques
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Style/Group/Movement
- Aesthetic Movement
- Inscription
- On the plate, l.r.: Whistler On the plate, l.r.: Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. Collection (no mark): This set is from the collection of the late Sir F. Seymour Haden's brother.
- Dimensions
- 32.9 cm x 24.5 cm (12 15/16 in. x 9 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Physical Description
- An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
- Subject Matter
- The images of Whistler's French Set reflect the artistic trends current in Paris when Whistler was a student there. "La Vieille aux Loques", with its concern for working class figures, demonstrates Whistler's early orientation towards the work of Courbet. Throughout his career, Whistler mantained an interest in depicting working class and humble subjects; however, the beauty of his depictions elevated such works beyond the gritty realism of early works such as this etching.
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 973 x 1317
- File Size
- 107 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.327
- Link to this Item
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"La Vieille aux Loques; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.327/1954_1.327.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.