About the Artwork
La Belle Jardinière
1894
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Transfer lithograph printed in black ink on off-white chine appliqué mounted on cream wove paper
Image: 8 3/4 × 6 3/8 inches (22.2 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 10 inches (34.6 × 25.4 cm) Chine: 9 × 6 7/8 inches (22.9 × 17.5 cm)
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City of Detroit Purchase
30.50
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Markings
Signed on stone, center right edge: [Whistler's butterfly device]
Inscribed in pencil, center bottom edge: 2391-txx. Lower right corner: 1 [circled] onn 63. In pencil, verso: 13294
Stamp in blue, lower center, verso: Thomas Robert Way (Lugt 2456)
Provenance
Thomas Robert Way [1861-1913] (London, England). 1930, (Gordon Galleries, 37 Adams Avenue East, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, La Belle Jardinière, 1894, transfer lithograph printed in black ink on off-white chine appliqué mounted on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.50.
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