The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0294
Young man smoking a pipe

Young man smoking a pipe

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858/1859
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.198
Medium: pencil
Support: purplish-grey laid paper
Size: 3 1/4 x 2 11/16" (83 x 69 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Young man smoking a pipe dates from 1858 or 1859.

Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 294).

Images

Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Sitter

Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art

Not identified. Despite the pipe, the boy looks young.

Technique

Technique

Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 294).

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the conditions of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1906-Present

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