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

 

M.0439
r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Collection of Mark Anthony Hatsis
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk
Support: brown paper
Size: 11 5/16 x 7 3/16" (288 x 183 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'I guarantee this to be an original drawing by Whistler./ Frederick Keppel' by Frederick Keppel

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

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 439) as 'r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress'.
  • Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (oil, cat. no. 106).

Books on Whistler

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, p. 108.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

  • Sotheby, New York, 25 May 1988 (lot 70) 'Sketch for Female Figure'.
  • Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 200) 'Nude standing'.
  • Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 90, repr.).

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret