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James McNeill Whistler: Whistler's Mother  wikidata:Q687182 reasonator:Q687182 q:it:Arrangiamento in Grigio e Nero No.1
Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)  wikidata:Q203643 s:en:Author:James Abbott McNeill Whistler q:en:James McNeill Whistler
 
James McNeill Whistler
Alternative names
Birth name: James Abbot McNeill Whistler
Description American painter, etcher, illustrator, writer, lithographer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 10 July 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 17 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lowell Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q203643
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Title
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1[N 1]
title QS:P1476,en:"Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1[N 1]"
label QS:Len,"Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1[N 1]"
label QS:Les,"Arreglo en gris y negro n°1"
label QS:Lde,"Arrangement in Grau und Schwarz N°1"
label QS:Lfr,"Arrangement en gris et noir n°1"
label QS:Lit,"Combinazione in grigio e nero n°1"

Alternative title(s):

Portrait of the Artist's Mother
title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of the Artist's Mother"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of the Artist's Mother"
label QS:Les,"Retrato de la madre del artista"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt der Mutter des Künstlers"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait de la mère de l'artiste"
label QS:Lit,"Ritratto della madre dell'artista"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Depicted person: Anna McNeill Whistler

place of creation: London
Depicted people Anna McNeill Whistler Edit this at Wikidata
Date Summer 1871
date QS:P571,+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 144.3 cm (56.8 in); width: 162.4 cm (63.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,144.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,162.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23402
Accession number
RF 699
Place of creation United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1891: acquired by French State
Exhibition history Royal Academy summer exhibition, Burlington House, 1872 , as Arrangement in Grey and Black
Inscriptions Artist's monogram top left
Notes
  1. ↑ James McNeill Whistler (1890) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies "Take the picture of my mother, exhibited at the Royal Academy as an "Arrangement in Grey and Black." Now that is what it is. To me it is interesting as a picture of my mother; but what can or ought the public to care about the identity of the portrait?"
References

Joconde database: entry 000PE021219

Orsay Museum: online database: entry 974
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Source/Photographer Musée d'Orsay
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Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (1871), popularly known as Whistler's Mother. Oil on canvas, 144.3 x 162.4 cm (56.8 x 63.9 in). Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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