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A Nude Model Arranging Flowers

c. 1892

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a sketch of a nude individual bending forward at the waist. They are positioned over a vase or bowl with flowers. The background is minimal and sketchy, with light pencil shading.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on laid paper
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

image: 15.7 × 11.3 cm (6 3/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/16 × 6 in.)
Accession Number

1981.21.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 57

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1998

Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 199-201, no. 57.

Wikidata ID

Q74036507

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