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

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YMSM 135
Study for 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1956.763
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 28.6 x 21.0 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Flat Whistler, American, ca 2000
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Study for 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle'

Study for 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle' dates from between 1872 and 1873. 1

Study for 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle', Art Institute of Chicago
Study for 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle', Art Institute of Chicago

It is a study for the composition of Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle [YMSM 137], which is so dated.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 135).

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