The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea
Medium
etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper backed with Asian wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.46 × 30.16 cm (6 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.
Accession Number
1964.4.17
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...