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Study of a standing woman, seen from behindWhistler, James Abbott McNeill (draughtsman) | |
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Title/s | Study of a standing woman, seen from behind (recto title) Study of a standing female nude, facing right, holding a parasol in her right hand (verso title) |
Maker/s | Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (draughtsman) [ULAN info: American artist, 1834-1903] |
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drawing |
Name | drawing |
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Dimensions |
height: 289
mm |
Date | 1870 to 1873 |
Provenance | bequeathed: Knowles, Guy John Fenton 1959 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) From the collection of C.J. Knowles; Mrs Loyse Knowles |
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Notes | MacDonald dates the drawing 1870/3 and the butterfly signature possibly 1874. There are other studies of this model in the Freer Art Gallery, Washington (MacDonald 387, 389). |
Material/s |
black chalk (medium) |
Accession Number | PD.66-1959 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) |
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