Jo's Bent Head / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number
1954/1.350
Title
Jo's Bent Head
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Object Creation Date
1861
Inscription
Collections: C.W. Dowdeswell (Lugt 690); J.H. Hutchinson (no mark)
Dimensions
32 cm x 19.4 cm (12 5/8 in. x 7 5/8 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.
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909 x 1423
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Record
1954/1.350
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"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-1.350/1954_1.350.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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