Yellow House, Lannion
Medium
Transfer lithograph, with scraping, from six stones in black (keystone), greenish gray, brown, green, yellow, and gray on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.2 × 16.2 cm (9 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 36.7 × 24.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
transfer lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109180
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Whistler experimented with color lithography between 1890 and 1893, creating a small selection of work that demonstrates his quest to translate achievements in pastel drawing to a printed medium. For color transfer lithographs he used shades of black and dark gray ink to provide structure for the compositions, adding carefully placed touches of color to enliven the images.
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...