Study: Maud Seated

Prints and Drawings

1878

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

This lithotint, or wash lithograph, depicts Maud Franklin in an informal, even seductive, pose that suggests the ease and intimacy between Whistler and his model. The line drawing of the figure and chair is heightened by bold brushstrokes and set against a subtle wash, effects created by the artist’s manipulation of tusche (diluted lithographic crayon).

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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Title: Study: Maud Seated
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1878
Medium: Lithotint in black, with scraping and roulette, on ivory wove proofing paper
Inscriptions: Signed with butterfly on stone, center right, in image
Dimensions: Image: 26.5 × 18.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28.8 × 22.4 cm (11 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bryan Lathrop Collection
Reference Number: 1917.656
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Thomas R. Way, Mr. Whistler’s Lithographs: The Catalogue (London, 1905), p. 57, no. 131.
Mervyn Levy, Whistler Lithographs: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), n.p., no. 4
Harriet K. Stratis and Martha Tedeschi (eds.), The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler: A Catalogue Raisonné 1 (New York, 1998), pp. 54-55, no. 5 (ill.).

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography,” June 6, 1998-August 30, 1998, pp. 26 and 29, cat. 3, fig. 8; traveled to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 2, 1998-January 3, 1999.
“AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION: WORKS ON PAPER FROM TWO COLLECTIONS,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April-July 2005 (Gallery 163)

Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago, by 1916; by descent to his wife [Lugt 2972]; given to the Art Institute, 1917.

Way 131

Levy 4

Chicago 5 I/I

Cat. 5 Study: Maud Seated, 1878

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