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

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M.0433
Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Accession Number: 1990.9
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 5/16 x 7 3/16" (288 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '3.3.0' in unknown hand
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Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

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Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland', Amon Carter Museum
Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland', Amon Carter Museum

This is a study for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106], although it is not certain if Frances Leyland (1834-1910) actually posed for it.

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret