CATALOGUE OF LITHOGRAPHS BY J. McN. WHISTLER 1- EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB APRIL 4TH TO APRIL 2 7TH 1907 g^a5§ig^sgeg^^^ga>i^^ggS JOHN HENKfMSH LIBRARY ^ SAN FRANCISCO <» PRESENTED ID THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RDBEKT GORDON SPROUL. PRESIDENT. <«> BY" ♦ Mr.andMrs.MILTON S.RAY CECILY. VIRGINIA AND ROSALYN RAY AKDTHE RAY OIL BURNER ODMPANY SAN FRANCISCO NEV7YORK. CATALOGUE OF LITHOGRAPHS BY J. McN. WHISTLER EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB APRIL 4TH TO APRIL 2 7TH 1907 WHISTLER^S LITHOGRAPHS The art of James McNeill Whistler is best known through his oil paint- ings and etchings, but he made use of other mediums; namely, water color, pastel and lithography. He was al- ways very much interested in techni- cal processes and when he took up the lithographer^s stone in the late seven- ties he tested its possibilities with enthusiasm. It was suited to his taste and to his resources as an artist. When he made a drawing he thought more of terse suggestion than of the elaborate definition of detail, and he found that in lithography he could make a kind of drawing expressing perfectly his ideas of substance and ill NOTE atmosphere. His early lithographs, like some of the most famous of his early etchings, were river scenes made along the Thames. As he progressed in the study of the medium he took a wider range and drew on the stone, figures, portraits, scenes in cities, and other subjects, all of which will be found represented in this exhibition. Whistler enjoyed making experi- ments and when he added lithography to his accomplishments he did not take over an old method and use it conven- tionally, but endeavoured to find out all that could be made of this branch of art, and to be as individual in his employment of it as he was in paint- ing or in etching. Sometimes he used the familiar lithographer's stone of commerce. On other occasions he used the transfer paper which is equally well-known to artists. Which- ever he used he made subservient to iv NOTE his own conception of lithography and a source of new effects. When he began to make Hthographs they left little impression upon the public, though some of them were issued with a short-lived magazine, "Picca- dilly," which circulated, if only to a limited extent, among people sup- posed to care for such things. Whether he was discouraged or not, Whistler confined his attention for several years to the processes by which he chiefly won his fame; but after a while he returned to the stone and henceforth, down to within five or six years of his death, he used it, off and on, producing a considerable number of subjects. Collectors began to appreciate his work and lithographs which, when published at all, had fetched a small price or were practically neglected, were gathered into portfolios by dis- NOTE cerning amateurs. To-day Whist- ler's lithographs are growing rare. For this reason, as well as for the intrinsic interest of the works it con- tains, this exhibition is offered for public consideration. VI CATALOGUE Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueoflithoOOgrolrich CATALOGUE The '' W and numbers following it, refer to Ways Catalogue of Whistler s Lithographs 1 Study w. I 2 Study w. 2 3 Study w. 3 4 Limehouse w. 4 5 Nocturne w. 5 6 The Toilet w. 6 a 7 Early Morning. First State w. 7a 8 Early Morning. Second State 9 The Broad Bridge w. 8 CATALOGUE OF lo The Tall Bridge w. 9 1 1 Gaiety Stage Door w. 10 12 Victoria Club W. II 13 Old Battersea Bridge W. 12 14 Reading. First State w. 13a 15 Reading. Second State 16 The Fan w. 14 17 Study w. 15 18 Entrance Gate w. 16 19 Churchyard w. 17 20 Little Court, Cloth Fair w. 18 21 Lindsay Row, Chelsea w. 19 22 Chelsea Shops W. 20 2:^ Drury Lane Rags W. 21 24 Chelsea Rags W. 22 LITHOGRAPHS 25 Courtyard, Chelsea Hospital w. 23 26 The Farriers w. 24 27 The Winged Hat w. 25 28 Gants de Suede w. 26 29 The Tyresmith w. 2j 30 Maunder's Fish-shop, Chelsea w. 28 31 The Little Nude Model Reading w. 29 32 The Dancing Girl w. 30 33 Model Draping w. 31 34 The Horoscope w. 32 35 The Novel. Girl Reading w. 33 36 Gatti's w. 34 37 Hotel Colbert, Windows w. 35 38 Cocks and Hens, Hotel Colbert w. 36 S CATALOGUE OF 39 Staircase w. 37 40 The Garden w. 38 41 Vitre— The Canal w. 39 42 The Market Place, Vitre w. 40 43 Gabled Roofs w. 41 44 The Clock-makers, Paimpol w. 42 45 The Steps, Luxembourg w. 43 46 Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens w. 44 47 The Pantheon, from the Ter- race of the Luxembourg Gardens w. 45 48 The Draped Figure Seated w. 46 49 Nude Model Reclining w. 47 50 Nursemaids. "Les Bonnes du Luxembourg" w. 48 LITHOGRAPHS 51 The Long Balcony w. 49 52 The Little Balcony w. 50 53 Little Draped Figure Leaning w. 51 54 The Long Gallery, Louvre w. 52 55 The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmelites w. 53 56 Tete-a-tete in the Garden w. 54 57 The Terrace, Luxembourg w. 55 58 The Little Cafe au Bois w. 56 59 Late Picquet w. 57 60 The Laundress— La Blanchis- seuse de la Place Dauphine w. 58 61 Rue Furstenburg w. 59 62 Confidences in the Garden w. 60 63 La Jolie New Yorkaise w. 61 7 CATALOGUE OF 64 La Belle Dame Paresseuse w. 62 65 La Belle Jardiniere W.63 66 The Duet w. 64 67 The Duet. No. 2 w. 65 68 Stephane Mallarme w. 66 68a The Draped Figure, Back View w. 67 69 La Robe Rouge w. 68 70 La Belle Dame Endormie w. 69 71 La Fruitiere de la Rue de Cre- nelle w. 70 y2 The Sisters w. 71 73 The Forge. Passage du Dragon w. y2 74 The Forge. Passage du Dragon. First State w. 72 a 8 LITHOGRAPHS 75 The Smith. Passage du Dragon W.73 76 The Priest's House, Rouen w. 74 'j'j Portrait of Miss Howells w. 75 77a The Same, with variations in the work w. 75 a 77b The Same, with other varia- tions w. 75 b 78 Figure Study w. ^(y 79 Study w. yj 80 The Doctor w. 78 81 Walter Sickert w. 79 82 Mother and Child. No. i w. 80 83 Back of the Gaiety Theatre w. 81 84 Girl with Bowl w. 82 85 The Little Doorway, Lyme Regis w. 83 9 CATALOGUE OF 86 The Master Smith w. 84 87 The Sunny Smithy w.85 88 The Good Shoe w. 86 89 Father and Son w. 87 90 The Smith's Yard w. 88 91 The Strong Arm w. 89 92 The Blacksmith w. 90 93 The Brothers w. 91 94 The Fair w. 92 95 John Grove W.93 96 The Little Steps, Lyme Regis w. 94 97 Study of a Horse w. 95 98 Sunday— Lyme Regis w. 96 99 Fifth of November w. 97 100 The Old Smith's Story w. 98 ID LITHOGRAPHS loi Figure Study in Colours w. 99 102 Red House, Paimpol w. 100 103 Yellow House, Lannion w. lOI 104 Mother and Child, No. 2 w. 102 105 Firelight w. 103 106 Firelight. Joseph Pennell. No. I w. 104 107 Firelight. Joseph Pennell. No. 2 w. 105 108 The Barber's Shop in the Mews w. 106 109 Study. No. I w. 107 no Study. No. 2 w. 108 111 Kensington Gardens w. 109 112 Little Evelyn w. no 113 Study. Joseph Pennell w. in II CATALOGUE : OF 114 The Russian Schube w. 112 115 Needlework w. 113 116 The Manager's Window, Gaiety Theatre w. 114 117 Little Dorothy w. 115 118 Portrait Study w. 116 119 Portrait Study w. 117 120 Savoy Pigeons w. 118 121 Evening— Little Waterloo Bridge w. 119 122 Charing Cross Railway Bridge w. 120 123 Little London w. 121 124 The Siesta w. 122 125 Waterloo Bridge w. 123 126 By the Balcony w. 124 127 The Thames w. 125 12 LITHOGRAPHS 128 The Thames. First State w. 125 a 1 28a The Same, with further varia- tions 129 St. Anne's, Soho 130 Sketch of Mr. Henley 131 The Butcher's Dog 132 St. Giles-in-the-Fields 133 Little London Model 134 Study: Maude Seated 135 Old Battersea Bridge. No. 2 w. 132 136 The Fireplace w. 133 137 Mother and Child. No. 3 w. 134 138 Mother and Child. No. 4 w. 135 139 Mother and Child. No. 5 w. 136 140 Count Robert de Montesquiou w. 137 13 w. 125b w. 126 w. 127 w. 128 w. 129 w. 130 w. 131 CATALOGUE OF 141 Count Robert de Montesquiou, No. 2 w. 138 142 Count Robert de Montesquiou, No. 3 w. 139 143 The Garden Porch w. 140 144 The Man with a Sickle w. 141 145 Portrait of Dr. Whistler w. 142 146 Unfinished Sketch of Lady Haden w. 143 147 Sketches of Miss Philip and Mr. A. Studd w. 144 148 Sketch of a Blacksmith w. 145 149 Sketch, Grand Rue, Dieppe w. 146 150 Afternoon Tea w. 147 151 La Danseuse. A Study of the Nude w. 148 14 LITHOGRAPHS 152 Portrait Study. Miss Char- lotte R. Williams w. 149 153 Stephane Mallarme. No. 2 w. 150 154 The Shoemaker w. 151 155 A Lady Seated w. 152 156 The Medici Collar w. 153 157 Nude Model, Standing w. 154 158 Draped Figure, Standing w. 155 159 Draped Figure, Reclining w. 156 160 Lady and Child w. 157 15