The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1426
Nude with raised arms
Date
Nude with raised arms probably dates from the early 1890s. 1 The note, the joke quoted above, is unrelated to the drawing.
Nude with raised arms, Glasgow University Library
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1426).
Images
Nude with raised arms, Glasgow University Library
Subject
Sitter
Nude with raised arms, Glasgow University Library
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
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.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not 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. 1426) as 'Nude with raised arms'.
Websites
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #06809.
Notes:
1: GUW #06809.