The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0072
Man smoking

Man smoking

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.21
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: pale blue-grey paper
Size: 2 2/8-2 3/4 x 4 3/4" (60-69 x 121 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Man smoking dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896), a fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT.

Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 72).

Images

Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Subject

Description

Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Several small sketches including the head and shoulders of a man in uniform smoking, facing three-quarter left, and, at right, a woman dancing in a very short skirt.

Technique

Technique

Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Man smoking, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 72).

History

Provenance

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 41).

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

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