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

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M.0455
Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Accession Number: WA1941.56
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down
Size: 10 5/16 x 6 7/16" (262 x 164 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth'

Composition

Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Private Collection
Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Private Collection

The drawing is a study for Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth [YMSM 125].

r.: Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Art Institute of Chicago
r.: Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Art Institute of Chicago
Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Ashmolean Museum
Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth', Ashmolean Museum

An earlier study, on the recto of r.: Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth'; v.: Study for 'Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland' [M.0454], shows that a more colourful background and details were originally envisaged.

Technique

The drawing is squared for transfer or enlargement.

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