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Source Description
After being expelled from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Whistler made his way to Europe, where he pursued the life of the artist-bohemian, first in Paris, and then in London. Whistler was a pioneer in appreciating the effects of Japanese prints, and his art is characterized by an Asian subtlety and delicacy. Whistler signed his work with a monogram representing a butterfly, which appears just below the hand of the model in this drawing.
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Document identity
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113949
label
Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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113949
contentType
drawing
title
Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)
description
After being expelled from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Whistler made his way to Europe, where he pursued the life of the artist-bohemian, first in Paris, and then in London. Whistler was a pioneer in appreciating the effects of Japanese prints, and his art is characterized by an Asian subtlety and delicacy. Whistler signed his work with a monogram representing a butterfly, which appears just below the hand of the model in this drawing.
date
c. 1872
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80006529
creators
3330
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.9 x 17.6 cm (11 x 6 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 38.5 x 28.9 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
cul
America
accession
1933.222.b
Source extras
tec
black chalk or crayon
tombstone
Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso), c. 1872. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Black chalk or crayon; sheet: 27.9 x 17.6 cm (11 x 6 15/16 in.); secondary support: 38.5 x 28.9 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1933.222.b
supportMaterials
description
brown wove paper
collection
DR - American 19th Century
inscriptions
inscription
by unknown hand, lower center, in graphite: [illegible] ; by unknown hand, lower right, in graphite: 111 FVxv / [illegible]
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 05:59:25.630000
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113949
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Drawings
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DR - American 19th Century
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black chalk or crayon
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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