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Whistlers Mother

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)
Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother) is a lithograph on paper, initialed 'BD' lower right, 9 x 9 inches image size with a framed size of 22 x 21 inches.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Bruna Sevini and Whistler's Mother, Conceptual Lithograph by George Deem

Bruna Sevini and Whistler's Mother, Conceptual Lithograph by George Deem

By George Deem

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: George Deem, American (1932 - 2008) Title: Bruna Sevini and Whistler's Mother Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 40 Image Size: 2...

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1970s Conceptual Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler

Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler

Located in Soquel, CA

Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.)

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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"C.L. Drouet, Sculptor" by Whistler
"C.L. Drouet, Sculptor" by Whistler

"C.L. Drouet, Sculptor" by Whistler

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Hinsdale, IL

His most famous work, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler’s Mother, exemplifies his approach: restrained in color, elegant in line, and quietly exp...

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1850s Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

19th century engraving landscape bridge industrial river scene ink signed
19th century engraving landscape bridge industrial river scene ink signed

19th century engraving landscape bridge industrial river scene ink signed

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Milwaukee, WI

His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood.

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1870s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Etching

19th century black and white etching indoors figures child doorway table
19th century black and white etching indoors figures child doorway table

19th century black and white etching indoors figures child doorway table

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Milwaukee, WI

His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood.

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1850s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Fabric, Etching

GE Professional TV Service Repairman
GE Professional TV Service Repairman

GE Professional TV Service Repairman, 1950s

$398Sale Price|20% Off

H 26 in W 22 in D 0.05 in

GE Professional TV Service Repairman

Located in Spokane, WA

In the black-and-white area of the television tube is an image of Whistler’s mother in a rocking chair. Of course, during this time frame, all televisions were only black and white.

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1950s American Modern Portrait Prints

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Offset

Mother (Homage to Whistler) Surrealist Painting, Signed, 69.5x85 in.
Mother (Homage to Whistler) Surrealist Painting, Signed, 69.5x85 in.

Mother (Homage to Whistler) Surrealist Painting, Signed, 69.5x85 in.

By Ferjo, Fernando de Jesus Oliveira

Located in Aventura, FL

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Ferjo. Canvas size 69.5 x 85 inches. Painting will ship unstretched, rolled in an extra large tube. Artwork is in excellen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Andy Warhol's Kitchen by David Gamble - Pop Art - NYC

Andy Warhol's Kitchen by David Gamble - Pop Art - NYC

By David Gamble

Located in Chicago, IL

I always think of his mother sitting like Whistler's mother on that chair, waiting while she warmed yet another can of Campbell's soup for her son." - David Gamble “Very few people ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Inkjet

Ann Chernow, Trouble, 2016, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper on rag paper, framed

Ann Chernow, Trouble, 2016, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper on rag paper, framed

By Ann Chernow

Located in Darien, CT

6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7- LAURA WALKING: It's lavish, but I call it home." 8- IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER: "Men like to see w...

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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Vinyl, Rag Paper, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Shadow of a Doubt, Triptych, 2019, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper
Ann Chernow, Shadow of a Doubt, Triptych, 2019, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper

Ann Chernow, Shadow of a Doubt, Triptych, 2019, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper

By Ann Chernow

Located in Darien, CT

6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7- LAURA WALKING: It's lavish, but I call it home." 8- IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER: "Men like to see w...

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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Rag Paper, Vinyl, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Sweet Dreams Baby,  2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 33

Ann Chernow, Sweet Dreams Baby, 2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 33

By Ann Chernow

Located in Darien, CT

6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7- LAURA WALKING: It's lavish, but I call it home." 8- IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER: "Men like to see w...

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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Rag Paper, Lithograph

Ann Chernow, Noir I, 2015, 15 Lithographs with printed captions, Rag paper, Ink
Ann Chernow, Noir I, 2015, 15 Lithographs with printed captions, Rag paper, Ink

Ann Chernow, Noir I, 2015, 15 Lithographs with printed captions, Rag paper, Ink

By Ann Chernow

Located in Darien, CT

6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7- LAURA WALKING: It's lavish, but I call it home." 8- IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER: "Men like to see w...

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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

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Rag Paper, Lithograph

Posture in Profile, Oil Painting
Posture in Profile, Oil Painting

Posture in Profile, Oil Painting

By McGarren Flack

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsA nude female figure reclines in a wooden chair, her posture evoking artist James McNeill Whistler's iconic painting of his mother. The soft interplay of light and sha...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

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Mother and Daughter
Mother and Daughter

Mother and Daughter

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in San Francisco, CA

“Mother and Daughter” has appeared in the Whistler literature with the alternate title “La Mère Malade.”

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19th Century Figurative Prints

Robert Amft, "Figure Study"
Robert Amft, "Figure Study"

Robert AmftRobert Amft, "Figure Study", c 1939

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H 31.13 in W 25.63 in

Robert Amft, "Figure Study"

By Robert Amft

Located in Chicago, IL

His sculpture, Dog, won an award in the 1994 Beverly Art Center Annual Exhibition and his Whistler's Mother sculpture won the Best of Show Award at the 1997 Later Impressions' Exhibi...

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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Primary Triangulation Between the Hudson and St. Croix Rivers
Primary Triangulation Between the Hudson and St. Croix Rivers

Primary Triangulation Between the Hudson and St. Croix Rivers

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Coast Survey commissioned famed naturalist Louis Agassiz to conduct the first scientific study of the Florida reef system. James McNeill Whistler, who went on to paint the iconic “Wh...

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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Rotherhithe (Thames Set)
Rotherhithe (Thames Set)

Rotherhithe (Thames Set)

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as 'Whistler's Mother', the revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood.

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Etching

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Lone
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Lone

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Lone

Located in Bristol, GB

Her elongated figure is reminiscent of Modigliani, but overall composition also brings to mind the painting ‘Whistler’s Mother’. She has that same steady gaze as well as an air of in...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ann Chernow, I Wake Up Screaming,  2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 36

Ann Chernow, I Wake Up Screaming, 2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 36

By Ann Chernow

Located in Darien, CT

6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7- LAURA WALKING: It's lavish, but I call it home." 8- IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER: "Men like to see w...

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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

Gilt Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Young Woman
Gilt Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Young Woman

Gilt Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Young Woman

Located in Corsham, GB

Examples of this are found in some of the world's most famous paintings; Renaissance portraits of Florence presented women in profile as idealised and heavily decorated; the Pre Raph...

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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Snow Fall, " Linoleum Block Print of a House in Snow signed by George Raab
"Snow Fall, " Linoleum Block Print of a House in Snow signed by George Raab

"Snow Fall, " Linoleum Block Print of a House in Snow signed by George Raab

By George Raab

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In 1917, Raab received the Milwaukee Art Institute’s Painter’s Award Medal for a portrait of his mother, fashioned after Whistler’s famous painting of his own mother.

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20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Solitude, " Linoleum Block Print, Signed
"Solitude, " Linoleum Block Print, Signed

"Solitude, " Linoleum Block Print, Signed

By George Raab

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In 1917, Raab received the Milwaukee Art Institute’s Painter’s Award Medal for a portrait of his mother, fashioned after Whistler’s famous painting of his own mother.

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20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Forest Primeval, " Linoleum Block Print signed by George Raab
"Forest Primeval, " Linoleum Block Print signed by George Raab

"Forest Primeval, " Linoleum Block Print signed by George Raab

By George Raab

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In 1917, Raab received the Milwaukee Art Institute’s Painter’s Award Medal for a portrait of his mother, fashioned after Whistler’s famous painting of his own mother.

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20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)
Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother) is a lithograph on paper, initialed 'BD' lower right, 9 x 9 inches image size.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)
Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)

By Robert Deyber

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bad Hare Day is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 187/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP), framed in a contemporary, silver-tone...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

"The Smith's Yard (Levy #126), " Original Lithograph signed by J.A.M. Whistler
"The Smith's Yard (Levy #126), " Original Lithograph signed by J.A.M. Whistler

"The Smith's Yard (Levy #126), " Original Lithograph signed by J.A.M. Whistler

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Milwaukee, WI

His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood.

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1890s Tonalist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

“Wapping (The Tiny Pool)”
“Wapping (The Tiny Pool)”

“Wapping (The Tiny Pool)”

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Southampton, NY

His most famous work is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871; also called Portrait of the Artist’s Mother or Whistler’s Mother).

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1870s Academic Landscape Prints

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Etching, Drypoint, Ink, Laid Paper

Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerAfternoon Tea, 1897

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H 18.25 in W 16.75 in D 1 in

Afternoon Tea

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Plano, TX

Afternoon Tea is a double portrait of Whistler's mother-in-law, Frances Birnie Philip, and her daughter, Ethel Whibley.

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19th Century Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Rag Gatherers
The Rag Gatherers

The Rag Gatherers

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as 'Whistler's Mother', the revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood.

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1850s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Edvard Munch 1908 Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching
Edvard Munch 1908 Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching

Edvard Munch 1908 Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching

By Edvard Munch

Located in Surfside, FL

Considered by the artist and journalist Christian Krohg as the first Symbolist painting by a Norwegian artist, Melancholy was exhibited in 1891 at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. Whis...

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Early 1900s Expressionist Landscape Prints

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Etching

Edvard Munch, Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching
Edvard Munch, Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching

Edvard Munch, Norwegische Landschaft, Norwegian Landscape Drypoint Etching

By Edvard Munch

Located in Surfside, FL

Considered by the artist and journalist Christian Krohg as the first Symbolist painting by a Norwegian artist, Melancholy was exhibited in 1891 at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. Whis...

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Etching

Nantucket:  Davis' Shoal
Nantucket:  Davis' Shoal

Nantucket: Davis' Shoal

By Lieutenant Charles Davis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Coast Survey commissioned famed naturalist Louis Agassiz to conduct the first scientific study of the Florida reef system. James McNeill Whistler, who went on to paint the iconic “Wh...

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Lithograph

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Questions About Whistlers Mother
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024
    Yes, Whistler's Mother is a real painting. American painter James McNeill Whistler painted the oil-on-canvas work in 1871, and it depicts his mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. Although more well known by the name Whistler's Mother, the painting is actually titled Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1. Shop a range of James Abbott McNeill Whistler art on 1stDibs.