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The Dancing Girl

James McNeill Whistler

National Gallery of Art

The image is a sketch of a person standing and slightly turned to the side. The person is wearing a headscarf and draped in a long piece of fabric, with one arm extended. The sketch is monochromatic, done in pencil or charcoal on a light background, without any objects or additional details in the background.

Artwork Details

Date
1889
Medium
lithograph in black on laid paper
Dimensions
3532 × 4217 px
Public Domain
Yes
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