DrawingsAmerican19th century

Girl in Transparent Drapery

1885 - 1890

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

M. Grieve Co.Framemaker

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pastel on brown wove paper, mounted on board

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.9 x 18.2 cm (11 x 7 3/16 in.) frame: 44.5 × 34.3 cm (17 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Alphonse Kann; his sale to Grenville L. Winthrop through Martin Birnbaum, July 1927; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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