Two Lovers and an Old Woman

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Historical period(s)
1851-1854
Medium
Pencil, pen, and ink with watercolor on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 6.3 x 9.9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 7/8 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1908.10e
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Drawing
Type

Drawing

Keywords
interior, lovers, United States, woman
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours : A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, 1995. .
  • Burns A. Stubbs. James McNeill Whistler: A Biographical Outline Illustrated from the Collections of the Freer Gallery of Art. vol. 1, no. 4 Washington, 1950. pl. 2.
  • Burns A. Stubbs, Freer Gallery of Art. Paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and copper plates by and attributed to American and European artists, together with a list of original Whistleriana in the Freer Gallery of Art. Occasional Papers Series, vol. 1 Washington. p. 29.
  • Nancy Dorfman Pressly. Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings. vol. 5 New York, 1972. p. 130, fig. 4.
  • David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1984. p. 165, pl. 76.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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