The Smith's Yard
Medium
Transfer lithograph; only state (Chicago), as published; printed from a supplementary stone on medium-weight ivory wove paper with a smooth finish
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (19.1 × 15.8 cm) Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29.3 × 20.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
62.695.136
Tags
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...