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

 

M.0381
r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.176a-d
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 5 13/16-5 7/8 x 2 7/8-31" (148-150 x 73-77 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure

Composition

v.: Standing figure, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Standing figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum

The figure on the verso is similar to A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail [M.0383]. They appear to be studies for the figure at right in Figures by a railing [M.0382] and Sea Beach and Figures [M.0384].

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret