James Abbott McNeill Whistler / Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret / 1883

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret
1883
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Creator Name: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1834-1903
Creator Name-CRT: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Title: Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1883
Creation End Date: 1883
Creation Date: 1883
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 1/8 x 35 3/4 in. (193.4 x 90.8 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 13.20
Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1913
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

Theodore Duret (1838-1927), heir to a firm of Cognac dealers, was a collector, orientalist, and art critic. An early champion of Courbet, Manet, and the Impressionists, he was introduced to Whistler by Manet. He posed for this portrait in 1883 at Whistler's London studio at 13 Tite Street. At Duret's request, Whistler painted him in full evening dress, but Whistler suggested that he hold a pink domino, an addition necessary to the decorative arrangement of the composition. Whistler worked on the portrait over a long period of time, even though the finished work ultimately looks like a rapid sketch. Acclaimed when exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1885, it was ranked by many as the best portrait of Duret painted by any of the great Realist artists of the period.

AMICA ID: MMA_.13.20
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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