Standing Female Figure

c. 1883

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image features a sketch of a person shown in profile from head to toe. The individual is depicted with a poised posture, wearing a hat, long dress, and having long hair. The sketch is created with simple and elegant lines, against a plain background. An abstract design is included in a smaller sketch on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on the back of a printed calling card for Mrs. Henry B. Callander, 72, Cadogan Place

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.3 × 6.1 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8821

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 895

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 895.

Inscriptions

center right in brown ink: butterfly signature; on verso printed lettering crossed out; in pen & brown ink: Charley Le Coq de Lautreppe / from his friend Fred Lawless / 3 June 1883; lower right in graphite, 5970 (circled)

Markings

lower left verso in black ink: LRJ stamp; lower left verso in black ink: NGA/LRJ stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64580663

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