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

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M.1521
Nude tending a pot of flowers

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: white laid paper, partial watermark '...N FI.../...LITY' with William Heinemann's yellow embossed monogram 'WH' and heading, '4 Whitehall Court/ S.W.'
Size: 5 15/16 x 7 11/16" (151 x 195 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '?' in the hand of E. G. Kennedy

Nude tending a pot of flowers

Nude tending a pot of flowers may have been drawn about 1898 for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) on paper belonging to William Heinemann (1863-1920). Stylistically it could date from later, around 1900/1901.

Nude tending a pot of flowers, Private Collection
Nude tending a pot of flowers, Private Collection

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1521).

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret