Nude Model, Back View

1891

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a partial sketch of a person in a leaning forward stance with arms resting on a horizontal surface. The person's face is turned slightly towards the viewer, with curly hair, a cap, and soft facial features drawn using delicate lines. They are wearing a loose-fitting garment, and textured fabric or drapery cascades around their feet. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.3 × 16.2 cm (7 3/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 21.8 cm (11 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.372

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 45

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 172-173, no. 45.

Wikidata ID

Q65076672

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