Arthur Haden

Arthur Haden

Item Information

Title:
Arthur Haden
Description:
A young boy is seated in a chair before a curtain. His body is turned to the right and his face toward the front; his left hand is grasping the frame of the chair, and his right hand is holding his left foot, which is crossed upon his right knee.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
1859
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Sitting
Family members
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 23 x 16 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n03c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 61
Additional information accompanying item: A portrait of a son of Francis Seymour Haden.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
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):
Third state of three.
Fine impression. Very rare.
There is a shadow formed by a number of short horizontal lines which run from the right of the ankle of the foot on the floor, almost to the edge of the trousers leg; the curtain has been reworked, there are new lines on the hair and also just above "Whistler, 1869" (A. W. Scholle).
Identifier:
17_14_000190
W. 285 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188678