Fosco

1872

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Drypoint in black ink on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Plate: 20.8 × 13.2 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 20.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1917.452
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

About this artwork

Fosco — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1872.

Medium: Drypoint in black ink on cream Japanese paper. Dimensions: Plate: 20.8 × 13.2 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 20.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 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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