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

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YMSM 470
Girl in Black

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899/1902
Collection: Hirschhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 66.5532
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 51.4 x 31.4 cm (20 1/4 x 12 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Girl in Black

Technique

Girl in Black, Hirschhorn Museum
Girl in Black, Hirschhorn Museum

It is thinly painted, with a very carefully smoothed finish, on a fine weave canvas.

Conservation History

Girl in Black, photograph, 1910?
Girl in Black, photograph, 1910?
Girl in Black, photograph, 1962
Girl in Black, photograph, 1962
Girl in Black, photograph, 1980
Girl in Black, photograph, 1980
Girl in Black, Hirschhorn Museum
Girl in Black, Hirschhorn Museum

A comparison of photographs of this portrait suggests that it has been overcleaned, particularly around the nose and mouth.

Last updated: 21st November 2020 by Margaret