Artwork
Lobster-Pots
Lobster-Pots is an ink print by the Impressionist artist James McNeill Whistler. It dates from 1880 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Lobster-Pots is a print by Whistler, created around 1880 using etching and drypoint techniques on Asian laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a row of lobster pots on a beach, with some pots overturned or partially buried in sand, and a small boat visible in the background. The scene is rendered in a straightforward manner, without evident narrative or emotional content.
Technique & Style
Whistler employed scratching and hatching to convey texture, using a needle to create rough, weathered effects on the lobster pots. The combination of etching and drypoint techniques reflects his experimental approach to printmaking.
Artist & collection
Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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