Sketch of "Arrangement in black: portrait of Senor Pablo Sarasate"

Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1885
Height:
15.8 cm  (6 1/4 in.)
Width:
8.8 cm  (3 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
blue ink on darkened off-white wove paper

Additional titles

Study for the portrait of the violinist, Pablo de Sarasarte

Description

Violinist Sarasate standing, holding his violin and bow (unclear); his thick black hair melts into a background of many straight black lines suggesting a wild personal appearance and/or electrifying playing style

People as subjects

Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48C723(...)
portrait of a musician (VIOLINIST)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Signed: blue ink, center rt: butterfly monogram

RIdIM record id

5653