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

 

M.0433
Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Accession Number: 1990.9
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 5/16 x 7 3/16" (288 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '3.3.0' in unknown hand

Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

Composition

Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland', Amon Carter Museum
Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland', Amon Carter Museum
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection

This is one of numerous studies for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106]. Galassi suggests that it is the front view of the dress seen in Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book [M.0437]. 1

Notes:

1: MacDonald 2003 [more] , p. 108.

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret