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Portrait of James McNeill Whistler
Paul César Helleu1897
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Portrait of James McNeill Whistler
- Creator: Paul César Helleu
- Date Created: 1897
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil, lower left: “Helleu”
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
- Materials & Techniques: Drypoint on blue laid paper. Watermark: Two rows of undeciphered letters
- Keywords: artist portraits, male portraits, portraits, printmaker portraits
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Edition of 28 proofs, of which 24 were for sale; the plate was destroyed
- Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 350 mm x 261 mm (13.78 in. x 10.28 in.).
- Bibliography: Gallatin (1913) 54; Gallatin (1918) 125; Montesquieu 1913
- Associated People: Created by Paul César Helleu (French, 1859-1927)
- Accession Number: 1937.D1.86
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