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James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903
C. L. Drouet, Sculptor, 1859signed, dated 1859, inscribed 'Whistler Maitre Eaufortier' and 'Drouet. Sculpteur.' in plate; printed in black ink on laid paperetching and drypointan impression in the second (restored) state9 x 6 inches (22.6 x 15.2 cm)In this striking drypoint, sculptor Charles L. Drouet is depicted with a confrontational, sidelong look and piercing eyes; a pose that recalls the Baroque portraiture of Van Dyck. Whistler reportedly...In this striking drypoint, sculptor Charles L. Drouet is depicted with a confrontational, sidelong look and piercing eyes; a pose that recalls the Baroque portraiture of Van Dyck. Whistler reportedly completed most of this intense character study in two sittings, totalling only four hours of work. The plate was eventually cancelled and published in a set of cancelled plates by The Fine Art Society in 1879. The vast majority of known impressions of this print are either in the cancelled or restored state, of which this impression is the latter.Literature
R. Thomas, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London 1874), no. 55;F. Wedmore, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London 1886), no. 53;
H. Mansfield, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago 1909), no. 55;
E.G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (New York 1910), no. 55;
M.F. MacDonald, G. Petri, M. Hausberg, and J. Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, (Glasgow 2011), on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk, no. 35
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