A Man Asleep on a Pile of Luggage

A loose pencil sketch shows a man sleeping, slumped sideways across a pile of trunks or luggage, his head resting on his folded arm and his booted legs stretched out. Quick hatched lines and open contours suggest the figure and the heavy boxes on off-white paper.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1858

Medium

Pencil on off-white wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

3367 × 3520 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art