Portrait of James McNeill Whistler
Walter Greaves British
Sitter James McNeill Whistler American
Not on view
The wordly American painter James Abbot McNeill Whistler, sporting his characteristic monocle and garbed in a floppy hat, elegant overcoat and fancy shoes adorned with conspicuous bows, assumes something of the aspect of a dandy in this portrait by the British painter and draftsman Walter Greaves. What appears to be a walking stick proffered by the posturing artist may in fact be a mahlstick (a tool used by artists to work on a canvas without getting to close to its surface and smearing the paint). A one-time associate and collaborator, Greaves was later rebuffed by Whistler and died in poverty and oblivion. This portrait was made shortly before the rupture.
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