Nocturne
1878, published 1887
Medium
Lithotint, on a prepared half-tint ground, in black with scraping, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory plate paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 17.1 × 25.9 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.); Primary support: 17 × 25.8 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.1 × 49.8 cm (13 7/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
Classification
lithotint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
139288
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...