Title
Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso), c. 1872. Creator: James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903).
Caption
Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso), c. 1872. 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.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F88_369
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