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

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M.0536
Woman with a Fan

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1875
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8813
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 8 1/4 x 4 15/16" (209 x 126 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v: 'A', '9' and other dealer's marks; stamps, 'HM' (Howard Mansfield) and 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald)

Woman with a Fan

Provenance

  • By 1904: Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ;
  • Date unknown: acquired by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) ;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art;
  • 1980: moved from Alverthorp to the Natonal Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

  • 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 174) as 'Woman with a Fan'.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret