The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0351
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees; v.: Figure Studies
Date
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees; v.: Figure Studies dates from 1868/1869.
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees, The Hunterian
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 351).
Images
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees, The Hunterian
v.: Figure Studies, nor reproduced.
Subject
Description
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees, The Hunterian
The nude figure of a woman facing right, seated on the ground with her right leg crossed over her left, her hands clasped below the knees.
Sitter
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees, The Hunterian
Not identified.
Technique
Technique
r.: A seated nude clasping her knees, The Hunterian
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).
Conservation History
The sheet is irregular in size, torn roughly from a larger sheet.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 351) as 'r.: A seated nude clasping her knees; v.: Figure Studies'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.