Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0403
r.: Figure with flowers; v.: Dragonfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 43.625
Medium: r.: chalk and pastel; v.: gouache
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 6 15/16 x 3 5/16" (176 x 84 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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r.: Figure with flowers; v.: Dragonfly

Composition

r.: Figure with flowers, Fogg Art Museum
r.: Figure with flowers, Fogg Art Museum
Note in flesh-colour gold – The Golden Blossom, The Hunterian
Note in flesh-colour gold – The Golden Blossom, The Hunterian

There are several related drawings including Note in flesh-colour gold - The Golden Blossom [M.0402] and Study in Blue, Pink and Gold [M.0402a].

Technique

r.: Figure with flowers, Fogg Art Museum
r.: Figure with flowers, Fogg Art Museum
v.: Dragonfly, Fogg Art Museum
v.: Dragonfly, Fogg Art Museum

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 403).

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret