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

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M.0431
Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and Pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.156a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown paper
Size: 10 5/16-10 1/2 x 6 15/16" (262-267 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and Pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

Provenance

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 430).

Exhibitions

  • 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 19, 29 or 30) as 'Design for Dress'.

By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Last updated: 4th February 2021 by Margaret