The Draped Figure Seated / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.441
- Title
- The Draped Figure Seated
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, c.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Notation, in pen, on front, l.l.: 60.
- Dimensions
- 36.8 cm x 24.4 cm (14 1/2 in. x 9 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A woman draped in diaphanous drapery sits on a couch facing the viewer. The arm of the couch is visible at the left of the image and the woman glances down towards her knees. To the right is a flower-like form that is the artist's "butterfly" signature.
- Subject Matter
- Draped figures were important to Whistler's work, reflecting his interest in Asian drapery as well as Greek 'tanagra' terracotta figurines that had become popular in Victorian England.
- Whistler was asked by André Marty to submit a lithograph to Marty's publication, "L'Estampe Oiginale"; this image was the one that Whistler selected to be included in that French publication. As Whistler wrote to his printer Thomas Way, "The little sitting figure in drapery I am immensely pleased with...The work is beginning to have the mystery in execution of a painting."
- Secondary Keywords
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings for openings
- curtains
- curtains by form
- drapery
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 511 x 667
- File Size
- 24 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.441
- Link to this Item
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"The Draped Figure Seated; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.441/1954_1.441.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
