James Whistler original lithograph "The Smith's Yard"
Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Price:
$500.00
Medium: Prints
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Creation Date: 1897
Materials: lithograph
Dimensions: 11" x 8"
About the Item: Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Way 88. Printed in 1897 and published in London for The Studio. Sheet size: 11 x 7 3/4 inches (282 x 197 mm). This impression on cream wove paper is embossed with The Studio dry stamp in the margin. Signed in the plate with Whistler's butterfly monogram signature (not hand-signed).
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About The Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers
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