# Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

By [James McNeill Whistler](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/james-mcneill-whistler.md>), 1871.

Whistler reduces the seated profile of his mother to a restrained arrangement of neutral tones, firm horizontals, and spare detail.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 144.3 × 163 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/arrangement-en-gris-et-noir-ndeg1-974>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Aestheticism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/aestheticism.md>)

## Image

![An elderly woman in a black dress and white cap sits in profile against a gray wall.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/orsay-whistlers-mother/full.jpg?v=749713e58f18f1aa319a29bca882055d2c1891a53b0aa365dd6152f5a03eb661>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Purchased from the artist by the French state, 1891
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whistlers_Mother_high_res.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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