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

 

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r.: Endormie; v.: A woman's face

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46032
Medium: r.: chalk; v.: pencil
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 1/16 x 10 7/8" (180 x 276 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: : '"Endormie"/ Exhibited Paris 1905/ No.1' in R. B. Philip's hand

r.: Endormie; v.: A woman's face

Technique

r.: Endormie, The Hunterian
r.: Endormie, The Hunterian
v: A woman's face, The Hunterian
v: A woman's face, The Hunterian

The tiny sketch of a woman's head on the verso is unrelated to the recto and appears to be a much later drawing.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret