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

 

M.1273
The Arabian

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46149
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/4" (181 x 278 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

The Arabian

Composition

The Arabian, The Hunterian
The Arabian, The Hunterian
The Fortune Teller, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The Fortune Teller, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

The sofa, and the embroidered robe, appear in other pastels including r.: The Fortune Teller; v.: A nude lying on a sofa [M.1274]

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1273).

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret