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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24000
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
The Lazy Beauty
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La Belle Dame Paraisseuse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1894
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252891

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph printed in grayish-black ink on tan paper, darkened
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 28.5 x 23 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: lower foreground, right of center, graphite: [butterfly]
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: a47654 / W62 / sale [?)]
  • inscription: lithographed, to right of figure at waist level: [butterfly]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 62; Art Institute of Chicago 98

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Gardner
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M24000
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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