Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.1372
Girl with arms crossed

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46180
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on double sided card with stamp of W. Holland on verso
Size: 10 7/8 x 7 1/16" (276 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Girl with arms crossed

Technique

Girl with arms crossed, The Hunterian
Girl with arms crossed, The Hunterian

The greyish-toned brown paper has a fine vertical grain and tiny gold flecks of stalk, over which the silvery charcoal lines of skirt and stole ripple delicately.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret