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James McNeill Whistler

The Velvet Dress

1872-1873

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James McNeill Whistler

The Velvet Dress

1872-1873

Physical Qualities Drypoint, Plate: 232 x 156 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line The Conrad Collection
Object Number 1932.17.9
Bought from Kennedy & Co. in 1913
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: butterfly

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

1833–1902

American, 1834-1903
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