The Dancing Girl / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.430
- 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
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, l. of figure: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly Collector's mark: Rosalind Birnie Philip. Lugt 406 Watermark: IVDL (?)
- Dimensions
- 32 cm x 20.5 cm (12 5/8 in. x 8 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- child
- dances
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 829 x 979
- File Size
- 78 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.430
- 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-1954-sl-1.430/1954_1.430.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2024.
