{"product_id":"whistler-daniel-e-sutherland-9780300232639","title":"Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America's artists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) as merely a combative, eccentric, and unrelenting publicity seeker. The Whistler revealed in these beautifully illustrated pages is an intense, introspective, and complex man, plagued by self-doubt and haunted by an endless pursuit of perfection in his painting and drawing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Sutherland] seeks to get behind the public Whistler . . . never judging or condescending to his subject. . . . The portrait of Whistler that emerges is complex and mysterious . . . a measured and scholarly account of an extraordinary life.\"--Ruth Scurr, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The first comprehensive biography of Whistler in at least a generation. . . . Sutherland skillfully captures Whistler's ambition, tenacity, and insecurity and presents his life in a narrative that does justice to both his triumphs and his failures.\"--Eleanor Jones Harvey, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel E. Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300232632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300232639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Daniel E. Sutherland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076008407295,"sku":"9780300232639","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3531db43-c313-406d-b5d2-b335cb30a453.jpg?v=1685462663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whistler-daniel-e-sutherland-9780300232639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}