DrawingsAmerican19th century

Figure with Flowers; verso: Dragonfly

1871-1873

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pastel on brown wove paper; verso: blue gouache

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.7 x 8.6 cm (6 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Hunt Henderson, New Orleans; his bequest to Tulane University, 1939; its sale to Grenville L. Winthrop, April 1941; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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