The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0368
Study of a Nude

Study of a Nude

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.65-1959
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 12 x 9" (304 x 229 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Study of a Nude dates from 1870/1873.

Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 368).

Images

Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Sitter

Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum

Matilda Maria Gilchrist née Potter (1826-1886). Gilchrist posed for the etching Tillie: A Model [113] and probably for the figure at left in The White Symphony: Three Girls y087 and The Three Girls y088.

Technique

Composition

Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study of a Nude, Fitzwilliam Museum

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

This is a study for the figure at left in The White Symphony: Three Girls y087 and The Three Girls y088.

History

Provenance

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 368).

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Catalogues 1906-Present

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