Fumette

1858

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching with foul biting in dark brown ink on off-white China paper laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions: Plate: 16.3 × 10.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 19.3 cm (9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1934.542
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Fumette. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

About this artwork

Fumette — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1858.

Medium: Etching with foul biting in dark brown ink on off-white China paper laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé). Dimensions: Plate: 16.3 × 10.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 19.3 cm (9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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