A child on a couch, no. 1

A child on a couch, no. 1

Item Information

Title:
A child on a couch, no. 1
Description:
An incomplete sketch of a girl wearing a long dress, slightly indicated, who lies on a divan with her figure extended to the right, her right arm hanging by the side of the divan. There is a large disk in the background, toward the left. Near the right edge of the plate are sketches of two heads, one that of a girl wearing a round hat. The plate is unsigned.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1875–1876]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 13 x 21 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076k83w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 124
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000049
Barcode:
36666000099099