Draped Figure, Reclining
- Medium
- 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
- Dimensions
- Image: 18 × 25.8 cm (7 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 28.8 cm (7 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- transfer lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
inktransfer lithographprintlaid paperprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
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.
