The Dancing Girl / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.126
- Title
- The Dancing Girl
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, center l.: Butterfly monogram Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 405 Watermark: D & C Blauw
- Dimensions
- 36.5 cm x 23.2 cm (14 3/8 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.
- Subject Matter
- Draped figures such as this occupied Whistler from the 1860s onward, but with particular focus during the early/mid 1890s. Usually these figures are posed standing; the implied movement of this figure is somewhat unusual.
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 977 x 1449
- File Size
- 122 KB
- Record
- 1955/1.126
- Link to this Item
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"The Dancing Girl; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.126/1955_1.126.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
