Finette / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.342
- Title
- Finette
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid Japan tissue
- Object Creation Date
- 1859
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed on the plate, l.r.: Whistler. 1859. Inscribed in pencil, l.l.: Early state. W.-- Collection (no mark): H.S. Theobald
- Dimensions
- 35.3 cm x 23.3 cm (13 7/8 in. x 9 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A woman in a dark dress stands in an interior beside a window at left. Her left hand hangs at her side while her right hand, positioned in front of her waist, holds a cigar or cigarette. She wears a dark hat and has long curling hair; her head is inclined at an angle to the right.
- Subject Matter
- Finette was a famous dancer who performed at the Bal bullier in Paris and is reported to have brought the can-can to France, She was quite a celebrity at the time Whistler made this drypoint and she sat for a number of photographers of the day as well. The interior is her apartment in Montmartre. In later states of the plate, Whister further describes the still life on the table behind the figure as well as the view out the window.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 971 x 1383
- File Size
- 139 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.342
- Link to this Item
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"Finette; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.342/1954_1.342.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
