The Embroidered Curtain
Medium
Etching and drypoint; first state of ten (Glasgow); printed in dark brownish-black ink on medium weight cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23.7 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23.7 × 15.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957
Accession Number
57.531.16
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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...