The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Volume 24, no. 1 (Spring 1998)
By Martha Tedeschi and Britt Salvesen
Special Issue, accompanied “Song on Stone” exhibition, 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, published twice annually, presents articles on the collections and history of the Art Institute. This special issue, published as the catalog for the exhibition “Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography,” features the Art Institute’s outstanding collection of Whistler’s lithographs. Ten short essays examine Whistler’s working methods and consider the ways in which lithography helped the artist to resolve aesthetic challenges in a variety of media. An introductory essay, chronology, and glossary situate Whistler’s lithographic activity in the larger framework of late nineteenth-century printmaking. Including over 200 high-quality reproductions, this issue serves both as a guide to the exhibition and as an essential reference source for works that are seldom exhibited and have been rarely studied.
Awarded: First Prize, AAM Publications Design Competition
Articles in this publication:
Douglas W. Druick, “Art from Industry: James McNeill Whistler and the Revival of Lithography”
“Early Experiments: Images of Maud Franklin”
“The Thames”
“The Streets of London”
“In the Studio”
“Brittany”
“At Home in Paris: The Rue du Bac”
“Paris Shops, Streets, and Gardens”
“Portraits and Published Editions”
“Lyme Regis”
“Final Lithographs: The Savoy Hotel and the Birnie Phillip Family”
136 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780865591530
ISBN-10: 0865591539
