The Whistler book : a monograph of the life and position in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works (1910)
. Texture constitutes to most collectors theprincipal charm of the graphic arts. It is arare and fantastic valuation, an appreciationof preciosity, this occupying oneself with thefascination of the minor arts. Art would betoo austere if it were not for the makers ofetchings and lithographs, of… … Moss-like Gradations 171 comparative ease gradations of tone that with-out visible touches, marks, strokes or linesmelt imperceptibly into each other. But thissmoothness of texture will also be its mostformidable drawback. There is no chance formanual expression without destroying thecharm of…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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