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

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M.0427
r.: Designs for a fan; v.: Studies of a woman and a man

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1875
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: r: chalk and pastel; v: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 7/8 x 7" (277 x 178 mm)
Signature: three butterflies
Inscription: none

r.: Designs for a fan; v.: Studies of a woman and a man

Description

r,: Designs for a fan, private collection
r,: Designs for a fan, private collection

There are two fans, the one on the left decorated with flowers, and the other with women in a landscape. At lower left is a study of a seated woman. There are several designs for Whistler's butterfly signature on a circular or rectangular cartouche.

Sitter

v.: Studies of a woman and a man, private collection
v.: Studies of a woman and a man, private collection

The figures may possibly be Frances Leyland (1834-1910) and/or her sister Elizabeth Dawson (b. 1840) , and James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) .

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret