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

 

Caprice in Red

Description

An art critic described it as 'a perfectly well ordered study of flesh colour and red - an energetic model, springing, ... from the unfolded and widely extended drapery.' 1


                    Dancing girl, The Higgins, Bedford
Dancing girl, The Higgins, Bedford

It is possible that it was Dancing girl [M.1068], or a similar composition.

Notes:

1: GUL Whistler PC3 p. 1.

Last updated: 26th June 2021 by Margaret