The Savoy Pigeons
Medium
Transfer lithograph; only state (Chicago), from the published edition printed from a supplementary stone; printed in black ink on heavy cream laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in. (29.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in. (19.9 × 13.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.1593
Tags
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Robert Way · 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...