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Whistler painted several portraits of Carmen Rossi. She is here wearing the same dress as in Harmony in Rose and Green: Carmen [YMSM 507]. Whistler always thought of her as young and poor as when he had first known her, whereas Annulet Andrews (1864-1944) described her around 1900 as a sturdy woman of twelve stone aged about forty. 1
There are signs of alterations above her arm, on the right. Her hands are unfinished and of a curious shape.
Unknown.
Oval frame with cassetta moulding. 2 The frame bears the stamp of the Maison Chapuis, Paris. It was probably one of two frames being made for Whistler by Claude Chapuis (1829-1908) in October 1898. 3
Last updated: 21st November 2020 by Margaret