Theodore Roussel. Standing Figure in a Chinese Gown. 1890–1894. England. Lithographic crayon on fine-grained transfer paper In contrast to lithographs made directly on lithographic stones, images for transfer are drawn in lithographic crayon on paper that is specifically coated to allow the drawings to be transferred to stones for professional printing. Whistler first tried the medium in 1878/79 and from 1887 onward used the transfer process almost exclusively to make his lithographs. Around 1890 he encouraged Roussel to take up the technique, and the younger artist created a small number of t
Theodore Roussel. Standing Figure in a Chinese Gown. 1890–1894. England. Lithographic crayon on fine-grained transfer paper In contrast to lithographs made directly on lithographic stones, images for transfer are drawn in lithographic crayon on paper that is specifically coated to allow the drawings to be transferred to stones for professional printing. Whistler first tried the medium in 1878/79 and from 1887 onward used the transfer process almost exclusively to make his lithographs. Around 1890 he encouraged Roussel to take up the technique, and the younger artist created a small number of transfer lithographs with the assistance of Whistler’s printers, Thomas and Thomas Robert Way. The Ways also provided the specially prepared paper, and these two works—one by Whistler from his earliest experiments with the medium and the other by Roussel—were drawn on sheets of transfer paper. In both cases, the drawings exist today because the artists decided not to transfer the images to stone.
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