Reading

1879/87

Dating: Date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Lithograph, in black ink, with stumping, on cream chine, laid down on ivory plate paper
Dimensions: Image: 15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 21.4 × 16.4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 44.1 × 34.2 cm (17 3/8 × 13 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1917.546
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 stumping, on cream chine, laid down on ivory plate paper. Dimensions: Image: 15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 21.4 × 16.4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 44.1 × 34.2 cm (17 3/8 × 13 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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