Nude Model Reclining / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.442
- Title
- Nude Model Reclining
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on old laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the stone, to l. of figure: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Inscribed in pencil, l.l.: Way 47 Little Nude model reclining Watermark: Crown / G R
- Dimensions
- 20.8 cm x 33.1 cm (8 3/16 in. x 13 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- A female nude reclines on a couch, leaning towards the left, face looking down. Her head is supported by her right hand; her left hand, holding up drapery behind her, is grasping the back of the couch. Her right leg dangles over the edge of the couch while the left leg rests on the cushion.
- Subject Matter
- Whistler's interest in drawing lightly clad female figures in the 1890s resulted in some of his most important lithographs from that decade.
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- figures (representations)
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1401 x 907
- File Size
- 99 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.442
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.442/1954_1.442.jpg
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"Nude Model Reclining; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.442/1954_1.442.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
