Draped Figure, Reclining
Medium
Transfer lithograph from five stones, in black (keystone), bluish-green, olive green, yellowish green, yellow, purple-brown, pale ochre, orange-red, and rose on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 18 × 25.8 cm (7 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 28.8 cm (7 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
transfer lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
139466
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
While most of Whistler’s transfer lithographs were printed in black ink, he also made seven color images using the medium. The keystone drawing for this work—printed variously in gray, black, or brown—was made in London, and the model has been identified as one of the Pettigrew sisters.
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...