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

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M.1426
Nude with raised arms

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W798
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 4 1/2 x 4 3/4" (114 x 120 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: note 'Boston example of American architecture: / A Greek temple with a lift-', signed with butterfly
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Nude with raised arms

Technique

Nude with raised arms, Glasgow University Library
Nude with raised arms, Glasgow University Library

The nude was drawn with summary, curved, broken outlines.

Conservation History

The paper is browned, with rough edges at the left and top, having been folded and torn.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret