Whistler in Watercolor

Lovely Little Games

Lee Glazer, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy , Katherine Roeder

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Yale University Press
11 June 2019

A focused investigation of Whistler’s watercolors that introduces readers to a rarely seen aspect of the artist’s creative output

In the 1880s, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) reinvented himself through the medium of watercolor. At the time, excellence in watercolor was most often associated with British artists, and most notably with the work of J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). Whistler’s embrace of watercolor allowed the expatriate artist to present himself as an heir to the great Turner, while at the same time creating easily portable works that could supply an American market and, the artist hoped, help secure his art-historical legacy in his home country. Indeed, it was the American Gilded Age industrialist Charles Lang Freer who would amass the largest collection of Whistler’s watercolors, eventually bequeathing them to the Smithsonian in 1906.

This publication is the first systematic study of Freer’s amazing treasure trove of more than 50 watercolors by Whistler and includes figures, landscapes, nocturnes, and interiors. Providing both an art-historical context that looks into the contemporary reception of the works, as well as rigorous scientific analysis of Whistler’s materials and techniques, this volume offers a groundbreaking look into an overlooked segment of the celebrated artist’s oeuvre.

Distributed for Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian

Exhibition Schedule:

Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

(05/18/19–10/06/19)

By: Lee Glazer, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, Katherine Roeder
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 254mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 1.786kg
ISBN: 9780300243628
ISBN 10: 0300243626
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 11 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lee Glazer is director of the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College and was curator of American art at the Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, from 2007 to 2018.

Reviews for Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games

Including endnotes and a select bibliography, this beautifully illustrated catalogue provides a rare, comprehensive examination of these seldom seen works. -D. E. Gliem, Eckerd College