Yellow House, Lannion / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.453
- Title
- Yellow House, Lannion
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with scraping printed in five colors on Japan 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, l.r. of second story of building: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Lugt 2535.
- Dimensions
- 31.9 cm x 20.6 cm (12 9/16 in. x 8 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A three-story house fills nearly the entire sheet. On the ground level, a stone arched entrance on the left is flanked by a window with green shutters; on the second level, rusticated stone the defines the vertical sides of the buildings is indicated, along with three small windows; the third level projects forward, corbels below and shadows indicating the overhanging top floor; a shingled roof with a dormer window completes the building. Summary indications of the flanking buildings are suggested. Two young women or girls stand at the lower left corner of the composition.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler executed only a handful of color lithographs, all drawn during his time living in Paris and printed by Henri Belfond. Whistler worked very closely with Belfond to vary the colors, matching the hues to the tonalities of the different papers used to print this work.
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roads
- roads by form
- transportation spaces
- windows and window components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 965 x 1446
- File Size
- 156 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.453
- Link to this Item
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"Yellow House, Lannion; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.453/1954_1.453.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.