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   THE WHISTLER BOOK


   WORKS OF SADAKICHI HARTMANN

   Shakespeare in Art                $2.00
   Japanese Art                       2.00
   The Whistler Book                  2.50
   A History of American Art  2 vols. 4.00


   L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
   53 BEACON ST., BOSTON, MASS.


[Illustration: _James McNeill Whistler From the painting by Boldini_]




   The
   Whistler Book

_A Monograph of the Life and Position in Art of James McNeill Whistler,
together with a Careful Study of his more Important Works_

   BY
   SADAKICHI HARTMANN

Author of "A History of American Art," "Japanese Art," etc.

With fifty-seven reproductions of Mr. Whistler's most important works

   L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
   BOSTON  * * *  MDCCCCX


   _Copyright_, _1910_,

   BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY.
   (INCORPORATED)

   Entered at Stationer's Hall, London

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   _All rights reserved_


   First Impression, October, 1910


   _Electrotyped and Printed by_
   _THE COLONIAL PRESS_
   _C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._


   TO
   THOSE PAINTERS
   UPON WHOSE SHOULDERS
   THE BLACK MANTLE OF
   WHISTLER'S MUSE
   MAY FALL




CONTENTS


   CHAPTER                                        PAGE

   I.    Introductory--White Chrysanthemums         1
   II.   Quartier Latin and Chelsea                 6
   III.  The Butterfly                             39
   IV.   The Art of Omission                       58
   V.    On Light and Tone Problems                81
   VI.   Symphonies in Interior Decoration        100
   VII.  Visions and Identifications              121
   VIII. In Quest of Line Expression              147
   IX.   Moss-like Gradations                     168
   X.    Whistler's Iconoclasm                    182
   XI.   As His Friends Knew Him                  209
   XII.  The Story of the Beautiful               233
         Bibliography                             253
         Principal Magazine Articles              259
         Principal Paintings                      262
         Nocturnes                                265
         Index                                    267




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


                                                               PAGE

   Portrait of James McNeill Whistler, by Boldini
         (_See page 230_)                               _Frontispiece_

   The Self Portrait of 1859                                   8

   Pen and Ink Sketch, Made at West Point                     11

   Drawing Made for the United States Coast and
   Geodetic Survey                                            12

   Portrait Sketch of Fantin-Latour                           14

   "Hommage à Delacroix," by Fantin-Latour                    17

   The Woman in White                                         19
         _Owned by John H. Whittemore._

   Arrangement in Black: F. R. Leyland                        22
         _National Gallery, Washington._

   Jo (Etching)                                               28

   Wapping Wharf (Etching)                                    36

   Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room                  44
         _Owned by Frank J. Hecker._

   Lange Leizen of the Six Marks: Purple and Rose             49
         _Owned by John G. Johnson._

   The Princess of the Porcelain Land                         50
         _National Gallery, Washington._

   Symphony in White, II: The Little White Girl               53
         _Owned by Arthur Studd._

   On the Balcony: Variations in Flesh-colour and Green       54
         _National Gallery, Washington._

   Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket             58
         _Owned by Mrs. Samuel Untermyer._

   Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge            67
         _Tate Gallery, London._

   Nocturne in Gray and Gold: Chelsea, Snow                   70

   Nocturne in Blue and Silver                                74

   Lady in Gray                                               83
         _Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York._

   "L'Andalusienne"                                           86
         _Owned by John H. Whittemore._

   Sir Henry Irving as Philip II                              90
         _Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York._

   Arrangement in Black and White: Lady Meux (No. 1)          94

   Arrangement in Black: Senor Pablo Sarasate                 97
         _Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburg._

  