Study for "Variations in Blue and Green" [verso]
James McNeill Whistler
1868/1873
![Study for "Variations in Blue and Green" [verso] by James McNeill Whistler](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/study-for-variations-in-blue-and-green-verso-nga-11303.webp)
Medium
graphite on brown paper
Dimensions
sheet (irregular shape): 23.3 × 13.4 cm (9 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8805.b
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...