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

 

M.0359
r.: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'; v.: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867/1870
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.139a-d
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 5/8-10 7/8 x 10 1/4-10 13/16" (270-276 x 260-275 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'; v.: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'

Composition

r: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
r: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
v: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art
v: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

These are early studies for The White Symphony: Three Girls [YMSM 087].

Conservation History

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 359).

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret