Print of woman in sheer gown
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A woman stands facing the viewer with her right arm raised out to the side. She holds out the edge of her garment, a long, voluminous, sheer gown with elbow-length sleeves. Her body is clearly visible underneath. Her head faces right toward her hand. She wears a bonnet on her head with a tie at the back. The linework in this print is light and soft, giving a diffused effect to the woman’s form. Whistler’s signature appears to the left of the woman.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.267
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Thomas R. Way, British (1862 - 1913)
Title
The Dancing Girl
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12308

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transfer lithograph, drawn on coarse-grained transfer paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 18.2 x 14.8 cm (7 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32 x 20.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. printed butterfly
  • collector's mark: verso lower left, brown ink, stamp: collector's mark of Rosalind Birnie Philip (Lugt 406)
  • inscription: verso, graphite pencil: Mlle. Birnie Philip (Lugt 406) 1376 Whistler: Dancing Girl. W. 30 Lithograph. Ed'n of 32 proofs

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rosalind Birnie Philip, (406).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 30; Art Institute of Chicago 29

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.267
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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