Chapter I: Front Matter

THE WHISTLER BOOK

WORKS OF SADAKICHI HARTMANN

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L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
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The
Whistler Book

_A Monograph of the Life and Position in Art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a Careful Study of his more Important Works_

BY
SADAKICHI HARTMANN

Author of "A History of American Art," "Japanese Art," etc.

With fifty-seven reproductions of Mr. Whistler's most important works

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
BOSTON * * * MDCCCCX

_Copyright_, _1910_,

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY.
(INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationer's Hall, London

* * * * *

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, October, 1910

_Electrotyped and Printed by_
_THE COLONIAL PRESS_
_C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._

TO
THOSE PAINTERS
UPON WHOSE SHOULDERS
THE BLACK MANTLE OF
WHISTLER'S MUSE
MAY FALL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Introductory--White Chrysanthemums 1
II. Quartier Latin and Chelsea 6
III. The Butterfly 39
IV. The Art of Omission 58
V. On Light and Tone Problems 81
VI. Symphonies in Interior Decoration 100
VII. Visions and Identifications 121
VIII. In Quest of Line Expression 147
IX. Moss-like Gradations 168
X. Whistler's Iconoclasm 182
XI. As His Friends Knew Him 209
XII. The Story of the Beautiful 233
Bibliography 253
Principal Magazine Articles 259
Principal Paintings 262
Nocturnes 265
Index 267

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler, by Boldini
(_See page 230_) _Frontispiece_

The Self Portrait of 1859 8

Pen and Ink Sketch, Made at West Point 11

Drawing Made for the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey 12

Portrait Sketch of Fantin-Latour 14

"Hommage à Delacroix," by Fantin-Latour 17

The Woman in White 19
_Owned by John H. Whittemore._

Arrangement in Black: F. R. Leyland 22
_National Gallery, Washington._

Jo (Etching) 28

Wapping Wharf (Etching) 36

Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room 44
_Owned by Frank J. Hecker._

Lange Leizen of the Six Marks: Purple and Rose 49
_Owned by John G. Johnson._

The Princess of the Porcelain Land 50
_National Gallery, Washington._

Symphony in White, II: The Little White Girl 53
_Owned by Arthur Studd._

On the Balcony: Variations in Flesh-colour and Green 54
_National Gallery, Washington._

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket 58
_Owned by Mrs. Samuel Untermyer._

Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge 67
_Tate Gallery, London._

Nocturne in Gray and Gold: Chelsea, Snow 70

Nocturne in Blue and Silver 74

Lady in Gray 83
_Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York._

"L'Andalusienne" 86
_Owned by John H. Whittemore._

Sir Henry Irving as Philip II 90
_Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York._

Arrangement in Black and White: Lady Meux (No. 1) 94

Arrangement in Black: Senor Pablo Sarasate 97
_Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburg._

Shutter Decoration, Peacock Room 104

Arrangement in Gray and Green: Miss Alexander 109

Eagle Wharf (Etching) 118

At the Piano 122

Arrangement in Black and Brown: Miss Rose Corder 128
_Owned by Richard A. Canfield._

Arrangement in Black: Lady Archibald Campbell
(The Yellow Buskin) 137
_Wilstach Gallery, Philadelphia._

Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte de Montesquiou 142
_Owned by Richard A. Canfield._

Arrangement in Black and Gray: Thomas Carlyle 144
_City Art Gallery, Glasgow._

Arrangement in Black and Gray: the Artist's Mother 146
_Luxembourg Gallery, Paris._

"La Vieille aux Loques" (Etching) 149

Street in Saverne (Etching) 150

Portrait of Drouet (Etching) 153

Black Lion Wharf (Etching) 154

Wapping, on the Thames (Etching) 160

Old Hungerford Bridge (Etching) 162

The Silent Canal (Etching) 164

View of Amsterdam (Etching) 166

Nocturne (Lithograph) 170

Little Rose of Lyme Regis 175
_Boston Museum of Fine Arts._

Study of Nude Figure (Chalk Drawing) 176

Pastel Study 178
_Owned by Th. R. Way._

Archway, Venice (Pastel) 182
_Owned by Howard Mansfield._

The Japanese Dress (pastel) 186
_Owned by Howard Mansfield._

Mr. Kennedy: Portrait Study 192
_Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York._

The Lime Burner (Etching) 198

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé (Lithograph) 209

Arrangement in Flesh-colour and Black: Theodore Duret 214

The Unsafe Tenement (Etching) 220

In the Sunshine (Etching) 226

The Pool (Etching) 232

Arrangement in Black and White: "L'Américaine" 238

The Fiddler (Etching) 246

Nocturne in Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge 248

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