Gants de Suède / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number
1954/1.426
Title
Gants de Suède
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Object Creation Date
1890
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Inscription
On the stone, r. center: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 406 Watermark: F I PRO PATRIA etc.
Dimensions
33.2 cm x 21.2 cm (13 1/16 in. x 8 3/8 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
transfer lithograph
Physical Description
A woman standing facing slightly to the left looks over her shoulder to the right. She has a Victorian dress with high collar, long sleeves and skirt; she is wearing a hat with a curved brim and comes to a point at the top; in her hands she is holding a pair of long gloves. Her figure casts a shadow on the right side of the image although there is no indication of surroundings or background,
Subject Matter
Whistler's 1888 marriage to Beatrix Philip Godwin provided Whistler with the congenial company of his wife's siblings and mother. Here, Ethel Philip, who also acted as Whistler's secretary, is seen standing in fashionable dress in a pose closely related to the painting "Harmony in Brown: The Felt Hat" (Hunterian Art Gallery, Univ. of Glasgow).
"Gants de Suede" was published in "The Studio" in april 1894, although it is believed that this impression was from a group printed posthumously under the direction of his executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip.
Primary Keywords
gloves
hats
standing
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Record
1954/1.426
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"Gants de Suède; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.426/1954_1.426.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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