Study for "Variations in Blue and Green" [verso]

1868/1873

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

This is a drawing of abstract figures on brown paper. The drawing is composed of rough, gestural lines that suggest the outline of abstract human-like forms. The sketch features curved and overlapping lines creating an impressionistic display, with no distinct, detailed features. The drawing appears to have been created using a dark pencil or charcoal on a brown textured paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irregular shape): 23.3 × 13.4 cm (9 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8805.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 349, State verso

Associated Artworks

The image displays a full-body sketch of a person standing upright in a side-view position. The person is holding a large, oval object, possibly a platter or basin, with both hands at waist level. The background is a uniformly textured brown paper.

Standing Female Nude Holding a Bowl [recto]

James McNeill Whistler

1868

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 349.

Markings

upper right in blue ink: NGA's stamp; lower left in black ink: LJR

Wikidata ID

Q64580649

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