Whistler with the White Lock / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.369
- Title
- Whistler with the White Lock
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on pale green laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1879
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Dimensions
- 20.1 cm x 14.2 cm (7 15/16 in. x 5 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- Very loosely drawn image of a man's head and shoulders, the rest of the body is left undescribed. The man has a moustache and curly dark hair, wth the exception of a white patch right at the hairline at his forehead.
- Subject Matter
- As the title suggests, this self-portrait by Whistler is a quick sketch that emphasises the distinctive white lock at his forehead, emphasized in this impression by the rich drypoint lines that set off this notable marking. Whistler was quite vain about his "lock" and used to comb it up so that it would stand up and referred to it as “his oriflamme, his panache”.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 923 x 1331
- File Size
- 110 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.369
- Link to this Item
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"Whistler with the White Lock; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.369/1954_1.369.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.