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Reading

James McNeill Whistler, Boussod, Valadon & Cie., and others

Reading

1878-1886

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Reading

1878-1886

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 414 × 313 mm. (16 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.) Image: 155 × 130 mm. (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.8314
Portrait of Maud Franklin.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.

Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Two Centuries of Lithography: 1800-1986," September 8-November 8, 1987.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure," circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.

Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1-December 31, 2006.

Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left "[butterfly]" Signed in stone: lower right "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "'La Lecture'"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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Publisher

Boussod, Valadon & Cie.

1883–1918

operated 1884 - 1919
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