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Green and Blue: The Dancer

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1893

18 cm × 28 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 28 cm
Width: 18 cm
Medium: Watercolor and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on brown wove paper laid down on card
Kind: Drawing and Watercolor
Made in: United States
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 27.5 × 18.3 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by Dr. William D. Shorey; through prior acquisitions of the Charles Deering Collection and through prior bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 18 cm × 28 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1893. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Purchased with funds provided by Dr. William D. Shorey; through prior acquisitions of the Charles Deering Collection and through prior bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer.
How was it made?: Watercolor and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on brown wove paper laid down on card, made in United States.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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