Art Institute of Chicago

Study: Maud Seated

James McNeill Whistler

Date

1878

Medium

Lithotint with scraping and roulette in black ink on ivory wove proofing paper

Culture

United States

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler frequently depicted his mistresses (and later, his wife), including the early etching Finette (nearby, 1938.1882) and this later lithotint. This subject’s relaxed pose—curled up in a chair, legs draped to the side—demonstrates an easy intimacy completely at odds with the portrait of Whistler’s straight-laced Victorian mother.

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