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

 

M.0401
r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers; v.: A woman holding up a scarf

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46037
Medium: r.: chalk and pastel; v.: charcoal
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 14 5/16 x 5 9/16" (363 x 142 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers; v.: A woman holding up a scarf

Composition

r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers, The Hunterian
r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers, The Hunterian
r.: Blue and Gold, Fitzwilliam Museum
r.: Blue and Gold, Fitzwilliam Museum

The pose is similar to that in the recto of r.: Blue and Gold; v.: Ship [M.0399].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 401).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret