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

 

M.0329
r.: Draped figure; v.: Indecipherable

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1866/1869
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 40.91.8
Medium: Conté crayon and white chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 15" x 5 7/8" (382 x 150 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Draped figure; v.: Indecipherable

Technique

r.: Draped figure, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Draped figure, Metropolitan Museum of Art
A woman listening to a musician, The Hunterian
A woman listening to a musician, The Hunterian

This appears to be the left side of an incomplete figure composition. The butterfly signature was added later, 1879/1881. A woman listening to a musician [M.0328] may also have been part of this composition.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret