The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0359
r.: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'; v.: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'

r.: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'; v.: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867/1870
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.139a-d
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 5/8-10 7/8 x 10 1/4-10 13/16" (270-276 x 260-275 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

r.: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls'; v.: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls' date from 1867/1870.

Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art
Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art

They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 359) dated '189/70'.

Images

Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art
Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

r: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of
Art
r: Crouching figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

v: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of
Art
v: Standing figure in 'The White Symphony: Three Girls', Freer Gallery of Art

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

These are early studies for The White Symphony: Three Girls y087.

Conservation History

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 359).

History

Provenance

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 359).

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Books on Whistler

Books, General

Catalogues 1906-Present

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