Titles

Only one title is known with one tiny variation:

• 'La Toison rouge' (1904, Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Paris). 1
• 'La Toison Rouge' (1936, University of Glasgow). 2
• 'La Toison rouge' (1980, YMSM). 3

The title of this painting, 'La Toison rouge', can be translated as 'The Red Fleece', a reference to the model's hair.

Description

La Toison rouge, The Hunterian

A half-length portrait of a girl, in vertical format. She has auburn shoulder-length hair, and is wearing a dark grey or black dress. She is in slight three-quarter view to left, facing the viewer, and her left hand is raised towards her right shoulder, grasping her hair. The background is dark green.

Sitter

Unknown.