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

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YMSM 486
Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1897
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: Walter S. Brewster Collection, 1933.212
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 155 × 95 mm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, ca 1905

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders may have been painted in 1896 or 1897. 1

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, Art Institute of Chicago
Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, Art Institute of Chicago

The butterfly signature, which appears to be an integral part of the original painting, is of a style used by Whistler about 1896/1897.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 486).

Last updated: 4th December 2020 by Margaret