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

 

M.0410
r.: Morning Glories; v.: Nude study

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1903.147a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 3/8 x 6 3/8" (263 x 162 mm)
Signature: 'Morning Glories' in lieu of butterflies
Inscription: none

r.: Morning Glories; v.: Nude study

Composition

v.: Nude study, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Nude study, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Standing nude, Freer Gallery of Art,
v.: Standing nude, Freer Gallery of Art,

The model on the verso is in a pose similar to the nude on the verso of r.: Standing draped figure; v.: Standing nude [M.0387] and several other studies including A Nude [M.0413].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret