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James McNeill Whistler

Draped Figure, Reclining

1892
Transfer lithograph from five stones, in black (keystone), bluish-green, olive green, yellowish green, yellow, purple-brown, pale ochre, orange-red, and rose on ivory laid paper
18 × 25.8 cm (7.1 × 10.2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

While most of Whistler’s transfer lithographs were printed in black ink, he also made seven color images using the medium. The keystone drawing for this work—printed variously in gray, black, or brown—was made in London, and the model has been identified as one of the Pettigrew sisters.

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