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

 

M.0534.
Female Figure with Fan

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1875
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.141a-b
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 8 1/8-81/4 x 5 ¼" (207-209 x 133 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '36' in unknown hand

Female Figure with Fan

Composition

Female Figure with Fan, Freer Gallery of Art
Female Figure with Fan, Freer Gallery of Art
The Lady with the Fan, Freer Gallery of Art
The Lady with the Fan, Freer Gallery of Art

What appears to be the same dress is seen in The Lady with the Fan [M.0535].

Technique

Female Figure with Fan, Freer Gallery of Art
Female Figure with Fan, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 534).

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret