Art, literature & history
Binding the Hair
1887
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with drypoint in black ink on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 13.3 × 9.5 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.5984
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Binding the Hair. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Binding the Hair — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1887.
Medium: Etching with drypoint in black ink on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 13.3 × 9.5 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 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.