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Grid (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gray square piece of paper with rough edges. The paper has darker gray spots and marks. A broken grid pattern drawn on the paper with intersecting diagonal lines and small circles at the intersections. The grid pattern covers the top half of the paper, with some lines extending to the bottom. The background behind the paper is white. The image is by James McNeill Whistler, titled "Grid (from Sketchbook)".

Artwork details

Date:
1854–55
Medium:
Graphite on buff wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 611 px
Museum record:
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