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

 

M.0379
The Dancing Girl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/8 x 7 5/8" (288 x 194 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Dancing Girl

Composition

The Dancing Girl, Private Collection
The Dancing Girl, Private Collection
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian

Draped female figure [M.0378] and The Dancing Girl [M.0379] are studies for the figure at left in a projected figure composition, which was further developed in Sea Beach and Figures [M.0384] and Four women on a terrace by the sea [M.0385].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret