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

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M.0434
Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 1943.628
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/16 x 7 1/4" (284-287 x 184 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Tres peu de vert - deux rangs / seulement - le reste jaune- avec un/ petit bouton brun au milieu- / Que le vert dépasse bien le / jaune -' and '10 1/2- 6 3/4' in various hands

Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress

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Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress, Fogg Art Museum
Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress, Fogg Art Museum

Two rosettes, one above the other, in pale yellow and green, with suggestions of material gathered into each one.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret