Nursemaids—Les Bonnes du Luxembourg / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.443
- Title
- Nursemaids—Les Bonnes du Luxembourg
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- 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, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.c.: Butterfly monogram Watermark: V / S / D V I
- Dimensions
- 30.8 cm x 20.2 cm (12 1/8 in. x 7 15/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A scattering of figures, mostly women and young chidren, occupy the foreground and middle ground of the image. In the distance are several sculptures and urns framed by a curving balustrade with trees and some buildings behind.
- Subject Matter
- The Luxembourg Gardens were an easy walk for Whistler and here he depicts the activities of children with their nannies or mothers on the terrace that surrounds the basins in the center of this Parisian park.
- Whistler employs the untouched portions of paper to represent the gravel walks on which the figures are arranged, recalling the flat passages of color that he admired in Japanese woodblock prints.
- Primary Keywords
- gardens
- luxembourg gardens
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- parks
- seated
- sitting
- standing
- statue
- statues
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- europe
- europe (continent)
- figures
- france
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- locality
- objects
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- œle-de-france (region)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1954/1.443
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.443/1
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"Nursemaids—Les Bonnes du Luxembourg; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.443/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.