1885
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Old-Clothes Shop, No.I is a 1885 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a cluttered shop interior with two open doorways. One doorway reveals a seated figure wrapped in heavy fabric, while the other shows a staircase and more draped shapes. The lines are loose and scratchy, with some areas filled in with cross-hatching for shadow. The paper looks old and textured, like it’s been handled a lot. This kind of drawing was often used to quickly capture scenes before painting them. Try looking up etching to see how this technique works.
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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