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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12124
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Printed by Thomas R. Way, British (1862 - 1913)
Title
The Draped Figure Seated
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Danseuse or La Songeuse
Series/Book Title: L'Estampe Originale, IV
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1893
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262852

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph with stumping printed in black ink on cream colored paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 29.2 x 21.1 cm (11 1/2 x 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: lower margin, left of center, graphite: [butterfly]
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: dealer/collector inventory numbers (?): a54223/ a53061 [struck through] / a40965 [struck through] / 82297
  • inscription: lithographed, to right of figure at waist level: [butterfly]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin de T. Bechtel, (347a), Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 46; Art Institute of Chicago 72

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel
Accession Year
1947
Object Number
M12124
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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