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

 

M.0851
Arrangement in Black - No. 3

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8817
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 6 15/16 x 4 3/8" (177 x 112 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: r.: 'Arrangement in Black- No. 3.' by Whistler, and numbered in unknown hand '3588'. v.: collector's mark 'LJR' (L. J. Rosenwald)

Arrangement in Black - No. 3

Sitter

Arrangement in Black - No. 3, National Gallery of Art, DC
Arrangement in Black - No. 3, National Gallery of Art, DC

Valerie Susan Meux (née Langdon) (1847-1910) posed for her portrait Arrangement in Black: Lady Meux [YMSM 228] but probably not for this drawing.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret