Study: Maud Seated
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Whistler frequently depicted his mistresses (and later, his wife), including the early etching Finette (nearby, 1938.1882) and this later lithotint. This subject’s relaxed pose—curled up in a chair, legs draped to the side—demonstrates an easy intimacy completely at odds with the portrait of Whistler’s straight-laced Victorian mother.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Details
- Maker
- James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- Lithotint with scraping and roulette in black ink on ivory wove proofing paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.5 × 18.3 cm (10 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 22.4 cm (11 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- United States
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
