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

 

YMSM 492
Draped Nude

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Draped Nude

Titles

Descriptive titles have been suggested:

  • 'Draped nude figure. (Eva)'. 1
  • 'Draped Nude' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Described by Miss Birnie Philip as 'Draped nude figure. (Eva)'. 3

Sitter

The Tambourine, The Hunterian
The Tambourine, The Hunterian

Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979) . She posed nude or thinly draped for pastels including The Tambourine [M.1628] and A girl dancing to the left [M.1630].

Notes:

1: GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 5-6.

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 492).

3: GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 5-6.

Last updated: 30th October 2019 by Margaret