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A Club on a Cushion

A work made of pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on cream wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on cream wove card.

Date:

1898/99

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

A Club on a Cushion

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1898–1899

Medium

Pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on cream wove card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, right, in black-brown ink: "[length notation] size across / from tassel to tassel"; inscribed verso, bottom center, in graphite: "12"

Dimensions

12 × 16 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kate L. Brewster

Reference Number

1933.286

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