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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Little London Model, 1896

Description

Maker

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, American

Title

Little London Model

Year

1896

Medium

Lithograph on cream laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.8 x 14 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil in bottom center:W. 130; in LR:TXX/A19098In Plate--In center of right edge:butterfly monogram

Identification

State

8 proofs

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Professor and Mrs. A. David Kossoff

Object Number

81.184

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Changing Poses

November 12, 2010 - June 6, 2011

An unidentified young girl stands before a chair with her arms clasped behind her back, looking out as if in recognition that her body is on display for viewers. With no context or excuse for her nudity, no bathtub or dressing table, there is an immediacy to her presence that exposes the potential awkwardness of the professional
and financial contract between artist and model. Like his contemporaries among the French Impressionists, James McNeill Whistler often found his models among
the lower ranks of society, touring the working-class quarters of London and hiring teenage and pre-pubescent girls to pose in his studio. His delicate drawing style transformed these unidealized and dirty subjects, such as this obviously untrained young model, into objects of beauty.

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