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James McNeill Whistler

Self-Portrait

1871/73
Black chalk with stumping, with touches of white chalk, on brown wove paper laid down on tan board
28.4 × 18.2 cm (11.2 × 7.2 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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