An Interior
James McNeill Whistler
c. 1891, printed 1904
Medium
Transfer lithograph in black on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 4.4 × 4.9 cm (1 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.); Sheet: 12 × 14.4 cm (4 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
transfer lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
73961
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...