Jo's Bent Head / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number: 1954/1.348
Title: Jo's Bent Head
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Medium and Support: drypoint on laid paper
Object Creation Date: 1861
Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Inscription: Watermark: (elaborate)
Dimensions: 40.7 cm x 25.6 cm (16 in. x 10 1/16 in.)
Century: 19th century
Physical Description: A young woman is seen sitting in profile. She faces to the right, her head bent downward, her waving hair framing her face and falling down her back. Only the face and hair are drawn fully, the rest of the woman's body is quickly drawn in a few lines.
Subject Matter: Whistler's "secret of drawing" approach allows him here to concentrate on Joanna Hiffernan's profile, describing the rest of her body in a few cursory lines.; Margaret Watson Parker acquired three impressions taken from this plate, each has differences in printing and papers.
Primary Keywords: profile views; seated
Secondary Keywords: image form; figures; objects we use; people and occupations; views; views by vantage point or orientation; visual works; visual works by form
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 921 x 1395
File Size: 90 KB
Record: 1954/1.348
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.348/1954_1.348.jpg

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Full citation: "Jo's Bent Head; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.348/1954_1.348.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.