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

 

M.0348
r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green'; v.: Two seated nudes

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1868/1870
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: r.: 6 11/16 x 6 5/8"; v.: 7 x 6 1/4" (r: 170 x 169 mm; v.: 170 x 158 mm)
Signature: butterfly on verso
Inscription: none

r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green'; v.: Two seated nudes

Composition

r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green', private collection
r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green', private collection
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the recto may be a study for Variations in Blue and Green [YMSM 084].

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret