Accession Number
1955/1.126

Title
The Dancing Girl

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1890

Medium & Support
transfer lithograph on laid paper

Dimensions
14 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (36.5 x 23.2 cm);14 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (36.5 x 23.2 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
Draped figures such as this occupied Whistler from the 1860s onward, but with particular focus during the early/mid 1890s. Usually these figures are posed standing; the implied movement of this figure is somewhat unusual.

Physical Description
A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
dancers
drapery
standing
study