DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketch of "Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Senor Pablo Sarasate"

1885

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Blue ink on darkened off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.8 x 8.8 cm (6 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Morley. Probably owned the work, per MacDonald's 1995 catalogue (see bibliography). Gustav Nebehay, Berlin. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York NY, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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