1874, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour -- Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge)
From the museum label:
This work is believed to depict Whistler’s model and companion, Maud Franklin. The subject’s hands are unfinished, and the application of paint is uncharacteristically uneven for one of the artist’s experimental "harmonies": the category Whistler designated for paintings in which the formal elements of color, shape, and decorative patterning are as important as the delineation of the figure.
Nonetheless, the composition serves as a noteworthy representation of the artist’s techniques and engagement with Japanese aesthetics—evident in the geometric patterning of the foreshortened foreground and the inclusion of such motifs as fans and blossoms.
Link to other Whistler paintings.
1874, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour -- Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge)
From the museum label:
This work is believed to depict Whistler’s model and companion, Maud Franklin. The subject’s hands are unfinished, and the application of paint is uncharacteristically uneven for one of the artist’s experimental "harmonies": the category Whistler designated for paintings in which the formal elements of color, shape, and decorative patterning are as important as the delineation of the figure.
Nonetheless, the composition serves as a noteworthy representation of the artist’s techniques and engagement with Japanese aesthetics—evident in the geometric patterning of the foreshortened foreground and the inclusion of such motifs as fans and blossoms.
Link to other Whistler paintings.