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

 

M.0310
Sleeping woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1863
Collection: Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 15136
Medium: chalk and charcoal
Support: cream wove paper mounted on paperboard
Size: 9 13/16-10 x 6 15/16" (249-255 x 176 mm)
Signature: 'Whistler'
Inscription: none

Sleeping woman

Sleeping woman, National Gallery of Art
Sleeping woman, National Gallery of Art
Weary, The Hunterian
Weary, The Hunterian

Sleeping woman probably dates from 1863. It is a study for the drypoint Weary [93], which is dated '63' on the copper plate.

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 310).

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret