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

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M.0381
r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.176a-d
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 5 13/16-5 7/8 x 2 7/8-31" (148-150 x 73-77 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure

Provenance

  • 1885: bought through Messrs Dowdeswell, London, by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) ;
  • 1902: bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
  • 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

  • 1884: probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. unknown).

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