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

 

M.1601
Two paintings of nudes

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P404
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, black mourning edges, partial watermark of a crown and ‘The’
Size: 112 x 179 mm (4 7/16 x 7 1/16")
Signature: letter signed ‘The General’
Inscription: letter from Whistler to R. Birnie Philip

Two paintings of nudes

Composition

Two paintings of nudes, Glasgow University Library
Two paintings of nudes, Glasgow University Library
Study of the nude, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Study of the nude, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
La Sylphide, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
La Sylphide, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

The two paintings sketched by Whistler in his letter might be Study of the Nude [YMSM 493] and La Sylphide [YMSM 494]. 1

Notes:

1: Whistler to Rosalind Birnie Philip, [December 1899], GUW #04764.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret