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

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M.1489
Nude study

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685425
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper, partial watermark 'RY'
Size: 4 1/2 x 7 1/16" (114 x 180 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Nude study

Technique

Nude study, Library of Congress
Nude study, Library of Congress

A slight sketch of a nude body, on a scrap of thin paper used for doodling. Whistler approximated the figure, leaving dots and gaps in the outline.

Conservation History

The thin paper was folded once, vertically, and the sketch drawn on the left half.

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