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La Vieille aux Loques (The Old Rag Woman)

La Vieille aux Loques (The Old Rag Woman)

Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (worked in England), 1834 - 1903)

Date: 1858
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Framed: 16 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 1 in. (41.6 x 32.7 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Kathryn M. Klingeman
Object number: 2006.4.1
The composition points to the beginning of Whistler’s preoccupation throughout his career with façades and doorways and, more specifically, with the motif of a female figure silhouetted in a doorway against a darkened interior. It is likely that this work was etched in Paris and was published in 'Twelve Etchings from Nature' (the 'French Set') in 1858. A translation of the title is 'Old Rag Woman' or 'Old Rag Seller.'
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