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

Home  > Catalogue > People > William Stephen Marchant (related works) > Catalogue entry

r.: Étude de Femme Nue; v.: Nude study

Technique


                    r.: Étude de Femme Nue, Drouot, 25 November 1903 (lot 11)
r.: Étude de Femme Nue, Drouot, 25 November 1903 (lot 11)

Knoedler's records (# WCA 2790) described this drawing as black and sanguine chalk on the recto, and sanguine on the verso. Whistler rarely drew in sanguine. There is a certain awkwardness in the pose (which makes the model look knock-kneed) and in the use of line, and the shading behind the figure. It is possible that this drawing was not by Whistler, and was by someone else in his studio. It is known only from a photograph.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret