Little Girl in White, probably c. 1895

Not on View

oil on canvas

overall: 36.5 x 26 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

framed: 49.5 x 40.6 x 6 cm (19 1/2 x 16 x 2 3/8 in.)

1963.10.71

possibly, but falsely, lower center left, with James McNeill Whistler's butterfly mark

Purchased c. 1916 at auction by (Albert du Vannes, New York); purchased 30 January 1928 by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Dale, Chester
Vannes, Albert du

1929: Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings, and Prints of Children, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 37, as Girl in White by James McNeill Whistler.

1929: Loan Collection, Children--Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture by Old and Modern Masters, Marie Sterner Galleries, New York, 1929, no. 36, as Girl in White by James McNeill Whistler.

1937: An Exhibition of American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 28, as Girl in White by James McNeill Whistler.

1965: Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 122, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 258, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 380, repro.

1998: Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 322-323, repro.