Woman with a Fan

1873/1875

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a person in a three-quarter view facing left. The individual has their arms crossed or holding something close to the chest. The head is turned away, with hair gathered in a bun. The person wears a long dress with drapery and folds. No visible jewelry or objects are shown, and the background is textured brown paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon heightened with white (chalk?) on brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.9 × 12.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8813

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 536

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Mansfield [1849 - 1938], (L.1342), Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography, The Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Canada, 1998, no. 18, repro.

Bibliography

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 536.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 9; center verso in graphite: A.; lower left verso in graphite: 01(?)3H

Markings

center lower verso in black ink: Lessing J. Rosenwald collector's stamp, lower left verso in blue ink: Howard Mansfield collector's stamp; lower left verso in blue ink: NGA's stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64580656

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