Notes
published 1887
Medium
portfolio with five lithographs on chine collé mounted to wove paper, with original cover
Dimensions
page size: 50.2 x 30.4 cm (19 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Fuller Foundation, Inc. and Print Purchase Fund (R. Horace Gallatin)
Accession Number
1992.46.1-5
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...