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

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M.1223
r.: The Blue Girl; v.: Woman holding a fan

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1893
Collection: Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for the Arts
Accession Number: 1999.146a and b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 3/4 x 7 1/4" (273 x 184 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: The Blue Girl; v.: Woman holding a fan

Composition

v.: Woman holding a fan, Terra Foundation for the Art
v.: Woman holding a fan, Terra Foundation for the Art

The pose of the nude on the recto is related to that in several other studies including Draped nude [M.1222].

v.: Woman holding a fan, Terra Foundation for the Art
v.: Woman holding a fan, Terra Foundation for the Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1223).

Last updated: 25th February 2021 by Margaret