1887
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Clothes Exchange, No.I is a 1887 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Street, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a quiet street scene with two women exchanging clothes outside a small shop. The lines are scratchy and soft, like quick pencil marks. Whistler loved these kinds of everyday moments, especially in London where he lived. Drypoint is the trick here. The artist scratches lines into a metal plate. Ink sits in the scratches, then transfers to paper when pressed. This makes the image look handmade and real. Try looking up Whistler’s other drypoint prints next.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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