Draped Figure Reclining / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.468
- Title
- Draped Figure Reclining
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph printed in six colors on laid Japan tissue
- Object Creation Date
- 1893-1894
- 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, u.r.: Butterfly monogram
- Dimensions
- 24.6 cm x 34.5 cm (9 11/16 in. x 13 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A female figure, dressed in diaphanous green drapery with a purple and green cap over her curly blond hair, holds a fan as she reclines on a cloth-covered couch. Her left leg is up on the couch while her right leg and arm drape over the front of the couch; a patterned pillow seen near her left leg mirrors the colors on the fan. The wall behind them also appears to be draped with fabric. On the wall to the right is a flower-like symbol that is the artist's "butterfly" signature
- Subject Matter
- The female figure, both draped and nude, was a subject matter that occupied Whistler beginning the 1860s. This was drawn in his studio in Paris and was printed (as with Yellow House, Lannion) by Henri Belfond. This rare and exquisite print shows how skillfully Whistler matched his image to the paper employed: the diaphanous drapery of the reclining figure is superbly evoked through the translucent quality of the Japan tissue.
- 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
- 1395 x 979
- File Size
- 103 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.468
- Link to this Item
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"Draped Figure Reclining; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.468/1954_1.468.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
