Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]

1871/1874

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk and pastel on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.4 × 18.4 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8807.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 415, State recto

Associated Artworks

Standing Figure [verso]

James McNeill Whistler

1871


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

Bibliography

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 415.

Inscriptions

upper left in black chalk: (not deciphered); lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 2.12 6

Wikidata ID

Q64580652


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