The Draped Figure Seated
October–December 1893
Medium
Transfer lithograph with stumping; only state (Chicago); printed in black ink on heavy weight tan laid Japanese vellum
Dimensions
image: 7 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (18.4 x 16.2 cm) sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in. (29.1 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.82.1-40
Tags
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler|Thomas Way|André Marty · 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...