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Corte del Paradiso - James McNeill Whistler

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Corte del Paradiso - James McNeill Whistler
Walter Aitken, Margaret Day Blake, Harold Joachim Memorial, Celia and David Hilliard, Julius Lewis, and Sara R. Shorey endowments; Sandra L. Grung Fund; purchased with funds provided by William Vance and Pamela Kelley Armour; through prior acquisitions of Katherine Kuh

"Corte del Paradiso" by James McNeill Whistler (1880)

Pastel and black chalk on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions.

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Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"Corte del Paradiso" by James McNeill Whistler, 1880. Medium: Pastel and black chalk on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Walter Aitken, Margaret Day Blake, Harold Joachim Memorial, Celia and David Hilliard, Julius Lewis, and Sara R. Shorey endowments; Sandra L. Grung Fund; purchased with funds provided by William Vance and Pamela Kelley Armour; through prior acquisitions of Katherine Kuh.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records
James McNeill Whistler: James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903. Cultural context: United States.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: pastel. Medium: Pastel and black chalk on brown wove paper with fibrous inclusions. Dimensions: 30.1 × 14.9 cm (11 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.). Subject tags: pastel. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158382