Annie 1858 James McNeill Whistler American During a stay in London with his sister Deborah Delano Haden while recuperating from a fall, Whistler made this etching of his niece Annie. His brother-in-law, Seymour Haden, a gifted printmaker, encouraged the artist’s first serious efforts in the medium. Here, the emphasis on alternating lights and darks, and the omission of the figure’s legs, demonstrate a greater interest in abstract patterning than portraiture. Whistler gave this print to Thomas Winans, the Baltimore friend who funded his move to Paris in Annie 372461

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Size: 2567px × 3697px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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