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

 

r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress

Composition

The drawing on the verso is one of several studies for the rosettes on the dress in Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106].


                    r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection

The drawing on the recto of r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress [M.0439], and on the verso of r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail [M.0440], Nude standing [M.0443] and r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail [M.0445] are among many studies or variations on this nude figure.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret