The Tyresmith, from "The Whirlwind"

The Tyresmith, from "The Whirlwind" by James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Robert Way

Medium

Transfer lithograph, printed in black ink on smooth ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 6 11/16 × 6 7/8 in. (17 × 17.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 22.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985

Accession Number

1986.1180.1594

Tags

WorkingHuman Figures

About the Artist

James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Robert Way · 18341903

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...

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