The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1394
A nude with a bowl
Date
A nude with a bowl dates from 1893/1895.
A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1394).
Images
A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
Nude Girl with a Bowl, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
The model has not been identified.
Technique
Composition
A nude with a bowl, The Hunterian
Nude Girl with a Bowl, The Hunterian
In pose (but reversed) this drawing is related to an oil in the Hunterian: Nude Girl with a Bowl y400.
Technique
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1394).
Conservation History
The board was commercially prepared, the paper has long fibres, small bits of wood-stalk, and a strong vertical grain.
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 by Miss Birnie Philip 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. 1394) as 'A nude with a bowl'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.