Reading

1879/87

Dating: Date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Lithograph, in black ink, with scraping, on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image: 25.3 × 36.5 cm (10 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 41.8 cm (10 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1927.5779
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

About this artwork

Reading — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879/87.

Medium: Lithograph, in black ink, with scraping, on ivory Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 25.3 × 36.5 cm (10 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 41.8 cm (10 3/4 × 16 1/2 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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