Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.1394
A nude with a bowl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46195
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on double sided card
Size: 10 x 6 7/8" (254 x 174 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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A nude with a bowl

Composition

A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
Nude Girl with a Bowl, The Hunterian
Nude Girl with a Bowl, The Hunterian

In pose (but reversed) this drawing is related to an oil in the Hunterian: Nude Girl with a Bowl [YMSM 400].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1394).

Conservation History

The board was commercially prepared, the paper has long fibres, small bits of wood-stalk, and a strong vertical grain.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret