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James Abbott McNeill WhistlerJames Abbott McNeill Whistler: Firelight: Joseph Pennell, No.11896
1896
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Portrait of the Artist Joseph Pennell a lithograph by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903). This portrait, one of 3 Whistler did of Joseph Pennell, was done in 1896 and published as the frontispiece in "Lithography and Lithographers" by Joseph Pennell in 1898 and again in 1908. The stone was effaced and no further posthumous printing was done. There was an edition of 15 impressions pulled by Way in 1897 and signed by Whistler.
1896 - 1908 edition 1 State.
Signed in plate butterfly within image, middle left
transfer lithograph, drawn on white transfer paper with a grained-stone texture.
cream wove vellum
AIC 144; Way 104; Levy 152
Title: Firelight – Joseph Pennell, No. 1
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
Date: 1896
Medium: Transfer lithograph (from the original stone); only state (Chicago); printed in black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 9"H x 7"W
Sheet: 15"H x 10"W
James McNeill Whistler is known throughout the art world as a leading portrait painter and a pioneering lithographer, and between the two mediums there was often a clear divide between the formal and the casual - though both were equally intimate. In “Firelight: Joseph Pennell No. 1” the sense of relaxed familiarity could not be more prominent. Unlike his oils, in which the artist’s aim of coaxing forth the subtleties of light and texture imbued the figure with a sense of orthodox objectivity, his lithographic studies often captured a person in a moment of particularly personal expression: concentration, relaxation, daydreaming.
Here, his good friend and artistic peer, with whom he was a part of the Etching Revival of the late 19th century, is seen leaning casually back against his chair with his hands clasped behind his head, legs comfortably crossed. The viewer can imagine the atmosphere of the room, with its pattern of familiar conversation, perhaps a dram of whiskey, and a shared laugh. This is Whistler at his most private, whether intentional or accidental.
- Creator:James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903, American)
- Creation Year:1896
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 0.07 in (1.78 mm)
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- Condition:very good, minor slight wrinkles.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: RJA97041stDibs: LU54215668262
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. Whistler was born on July 11, 1834, in Lowell. During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the poet and theorist Charles Baudelaire that artists should take subjects from modern life and seek a new beauty in the teeming cities. Whistler's first major suite of prints, his French Set brought critical acclaim but disappointing sales. Seeking more generous patrons, he moved to London in 1859. Initially, under the influence of his brother-in-law Francis Seymour Haden, a pioneer of the etching revival, he began a series of superbly observed and finely detailed views of the River Thames with its shipping, thriving wharves and picturesque characters. In his Thames Set etchings, Whistler often introduced the figures of workmen, boatmen or loungers in the foregrounds. Whistler died on July 17, 1903, in London.
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