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

 

M.1293
r.: Sleeping; v.: Standing Nude

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1893, 1902/1903
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.114a-c
Medium: r.: chalk and pastel; v.: watercolour
Support: r.: brown wove paper laid down on card, v.: white paper laid down on the card stamped 'Newman'
Size: 6 15/16 x 10 1/16" (176 x 255 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Paris', possibly by the artist

r.: Sleeping; v.: Standing Nude

Sitter

r.: Sleeping, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Sleeping, Freer Gallery of Art

Probably one of the Pettigrew sisters, Bessie Pettigrew (b. 1869) , Lilian Pettigrew (b. 1870) , or Rose Amy Pettigrew (b. 1872) .

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret