Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetart, Paris / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.1
- Title
- Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetart, Paris
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed, in plate, along doorway at l.r.: Whistler / 1958
- Dimensions
- 20.1 cm x 14.3 cm (7 15/16 in. x 5 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- The scene takes place in a dark interior room, seen from the street. the roough stone of the doorway frames a seated woman and a young boy standing nearby. In addition to light illuminating the interior from the street, there is a recessed window niche along the left wall of the room.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler portrayed this interior located in the fifth arrondissement of Paris, which was an older poor region on the left bank that was home to many poor workers. Along with his other Parisian portraits and sketches done on his walking journey that were grouped into the "French Set", this work shows Whistler drawing picturesque places and depicting images of labor akin to those of Gustave Courbet.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 771 x 1091
- File Size
- 102 KB
- Record
- 1991/2.1
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"Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetart, Paris; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.1/1991_2.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.