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Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland" (verso) - James McNeill Whistler

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Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland" (verso) - James McNeill Whistler
Gift of Walter S. Brewster

"Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland" (verso)" by James McNeill Whistler (c. 1872)

Pastel (recto), and black chalk with touches of pink and white pastel (verso), on brown wove paper.

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Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland" (verso)" by James McNeill Whistler, c. 1872. Medium: Pastel (recto), and black chalk with touches of pink and white pastel (verso), on brown wove paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Gift of Walter S. Brewster.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records
James McNeill Whistler: James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903. Cultural context: United States.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: pastel. Medium: Pastel (recto), and black chalk with touches of pink and white pastel (verso), on brown wove paper. Dimensions: 22.9 × 12.3 cm (9 1/16 × 4 7/8 in.). Subject tags: pastel. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113070