Figure Study in Colors

1890

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Transfer lithograph; third state of three (Chicago); printed in black; orange-red and rose-red inks (Chicago notes this variant impression lacking the gray-green stone) on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 3/16 × 5 1/2 in. (25.9 × 14 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (29 × 22.1 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.233
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Figure Study in Colors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Figure Study in Colors — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1890.

Medium: Transfer lithograph; third state of three (Chicago); printed in black; orange-red and rose-red inks (Chicago notes this variant impression lacking the gray-green stone) on off-white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 10 3/16 × 5 1/2 in. (25.9 × 14 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (29 × 22.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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