Art Institute of Chicago

Draped Figure, Reclining

James McNeill Whistler

Date

1892

Medium

Transfer lithograph from five stones, in black (keystone), bluish-green, olive green, yellowish green, yellow, purple-brown, pale ochre, orange-red, and rose on ivory laid paper

Culture

United States

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

While most of Whistler’s transfer lithographs were printed in black ink, he also made seven color images using the medium. The keystone drawing for this work—printed variously in gray, black, or brown—was made in London, and the model has been identified as one of the Pettigrew sisters.

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