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

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M.0349
r.: Standing nude holding a bowl; v.: Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1868/1870
Collection: Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.3.8805
Medium: r.: pencil, chalk and pastel; v.: chalk
Support: brown wovepaper
Size: 9 1/8 x 4 3/8" (232 x 112-135 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Standing nude holding a bowl; v.: Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green'

Composition

Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', National Gallery of Art, DC
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', National Gallery of Art, DC
V: Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
V: Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the verso may be a study for Variations in Blue and Green [YMSM 084].

Conservation History

The sketch was torn roughly and unevenly from a larger sheet.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret