Detail View: The AMICA Library: Asleep

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1933.213
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places: 
American; 1834-1903 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: 
James McNeill Whistler
Title: 
Reclining Draped Figure
Title Type: 
preferred
Title: 
Reclining Female Nude
Title Type: 
alternate
Title: 
Reclining Draped Nude
Title Type: 
alternate
Title: 
Asleep
Title Type: 
alternate
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
1893
Creation Start Date: 
1893
Creation End Date: 
1893
Materials and Techniques: 
Lithographic crayon with traces of scraping and stumping on fine-grained transfer paper laid down on cream wove paper.
Subject Description: 
Probably Carmen Rossi in diaphanous gown reclining on sofa.
Creation Place: 
North and Central America,North America,United States
Dimensions: 
image: 140 x 236 mm; primary support: 161 x 245 mm; secondary support: 239 x 323 mm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1933.213
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. Walter S. Brewster. Brewster Collection of Whistleriana.
Inscriptions: 
Signed with butterfly in lithographic crayon, center left and upper right of image.
Rights: 
Context: 
MacDonald assigned date of 1890/94 and title of LA SIESTE.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.G00143.TIF