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

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M.0450
r.: Nude leaning back over balcony; v.: Figure composition

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1878
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel and chalk
Support: brown paper
Size: 13 x 7" (330 x 177 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'JK' (James Knowles) in oval, and 'No [illeg]/ Seashell' in unknown hands

r.: Nude leaning back over balcony; v.: Figure composition

Provenance

  • By 1905: owned by Sir James Thomas Knowles (1831-1908) ;
  • 1908: sold at auction, Knowles sale, Christie's, London, 27 May 1908 (379) as "A Nude Female Figure' and bought by 'Amor'.

Neither the early nor later provenance is known.

Exhibitions

  • 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 166) as 'Full length Nude'.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret