Little Nude Figure

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This print shows a full-body sketch of a woman standing in a relaxed position, facing slightly to the right. The woman's head and face are indistinct, indicated only by small areas of cross-hatching. She may have short, close-cropped hair, but her hair may also simply blend into the shading of the background. The woman is nude, with her body turned mostly to the right. Her torso, legs, and arms are visible, although her hands are indistinct. The background is beige paper partially filled with diagonal crosshatching lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (trimmed to plate): 8.2 × 4.8 cm (3 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8619

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 330, only state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 66300). Herbert Charles Jerome Pollitt (1910). Bought November 7, 1929 by 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.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 340.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 330, only state.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp

Watermarks

partial PRO PATRIA

Wikidata ID

Q65022035

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