The Brothers

The Brothers by James McNeill Whistler

Medium

Transfer lithograph; first state of two (Chicago); printed in black ink on medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 x 7 5/8 in. (25.4 x 19.4 cm) Image: 8 in. × 5 9/16 in. (20.3 × 14.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1985

Accession Number

1985.1161.8

Tags

Men

About the Artist

James McNeill Whistler · 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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