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

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