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Fumette, Standing

A work made of drypoint with plate tone in warm black on cream japanese paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of drypoint with plate tone in warm black on cream japanese paper.

Date:

1859

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

About this artwork

A young woman, known only by the name Eloise or Héloise and called Fumette, lived with Whistler for a time during his bohemian student days in Paris and posed for several of his etchings. A hatmaker or seamstress, rather than a professional model, she was among the Parisian working-class women who lived outside the norms of polite society and sometimes posed for youthful artists.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Fumette, Standing

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1859

Medium

Drypoint with plate tone in warm black on cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 34.7 × 22.1 cm (13 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 24.1 cm (15 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.

Reference Number

2007.129

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