id: 105206 accession number: 1923.40 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.40 updated: 2022-09-22 09:13:14.348000 Confidence in the Garden, 1894. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1923.40 title: Confidence in the Garden title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1894 creation date earliest: 1894 creation date latest: 1894 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Kennedy 653, Way 60 --- CREATORS * James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00 Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: According to the artist's correspondence with the printerThomas Way, this image was initially called The Sisters,but Whistler decided to alter its title to Confidencesin the Garden. The lithograph shows his wife, BeatrixWhistler, and her sister, Ethel Birnie Philip, absorbedin conversation as they stroll through the Whistlers'lush, late-summer garden at 110 rue de Bac, Paris. The abbreviated suggestions of blossoms, climbing vines,and a grassy path are typical of the artist's late depictions of nature. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.40/1923.40_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.40/1923.40_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.40/1923.40_full.tif