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

r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green'; v.: Two seated nudes date from 1868/1870. The butterfly on the recto is a later addition dating from ca 1874.

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
v.: Two seated nudes, private collection
v.: Two seated nudes, private collection

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 348) where it is dated '1868/72'.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret