Reclining Draped Figure
Medium
Lithographic crayon, with traces of scraping and stumping, on fine-grained transfer paper laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 16.1 × 24.5 cm (6 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 23.9 × 32.3 cm (9 7/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
14318
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...