JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 - 1903) American artist a portrait painter with a pugnacious attitude best remembered for the portrait of his mother seated in a rocker. Fine signed photograph of his ca. 1883 oil ""Arrangement in Black (The Lady in the Yellow Buskin)"" 14 7/8"" x 20 1/2"" signed ""Whistler"" in pencil and adding his delicate ""butterfly"" paraph beneath. Mat lightly toned else fine. Double-matted and ready to frame. The subject of this painting Lady Archibald Campbell was interested in the art of her time and posed for three full-length portraits by Whistler. This was the only one to be completed and to survive. Her family however did not share her tastes claiming the work represented ""a street walker encouraging a shy follower with a backward glance."" Nevertheless this painting became the first Whistler bought for an American public collection (Philadelphia Museum of Art).