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

 

YMSM 215
Sketch of a Girl

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1882
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 31.1 x 26.0 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: unknown

Sketch of a Girl

Titles

One title has been suggested:

  • 'Sketch of a Girl' (1904, Copley Society, Boston). 1
  • 'Sketch of a Girl' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Sketch of a Girl, Private collection
Sketch of a Girl, Private collection

A half-length portrait of a girl holding an open fan up in her left hand, to fan her face.

Sitter

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 8).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 215).

Last updated: 10th November 2019 by Margaret