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Four ladies in Japanese costume Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (draughtsman)
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Title/s	Four ladies in Japanese costume
Maker/s	Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (draughtsman) [ULAN info: American artist, 1834-1903]
Category	drawing
Name	drawing
School/Style	American
Technique Description	pastel and charcoal on dark brown paper
Dimensions	height: 146 mm width: 286 mm
Provenance	bequeathed: Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1961 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Sir William Eden, Bart; Colnaghi; Christie's, 30 March 1912 (lot 66 as 'Japanese Women'); bt. Kinmell; Messrs. Agnew ; Louis Clarke by 1940 bequeathed 1960
Inscriptions/Marks	signature Position: lower right-hand corner Description: butterfly monogram
Documentation	MacDonald, Margaret F. (1995) James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven & London [comments: no. 384 (as 'Sea Beach and Figures')]
Material/s	pastels (crayons) (medium) charcoal (medium) paper (support)
Accession Number	PD.187-1961 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 14377; Input Date: 2000-10-17 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Four ladies in Japanese costume

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (draughtsman)