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Nude woman reclining |  Yale University Art Gallery (1960.46.68) | |
| Number: | 92 | |
| Date: | 1861; 1873/1874 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 138 x 211 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower left and, upside down, upper left. | |
| Inscribed: | '1861.' at lower left and, upside down, at upper left | |
| Set/Publication: | ||
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
KEYWORD
figure standing, stage.
TITLE
Whistler's original title is not known, and a descriptive title has been chosen:
A standing figure, possibly on stage (2009, Whistler Etching Project).
A standing figure, possibly on stage (2009, Whistler Etching Project).
DESCRIPTION
The faint image of a figure with close-fitting doublet and tights standing on the right between long curtains or a wall.
SITTER
Not identified.
DISCUSSION
It is not absolutely certain that it is by Whistler (because there is not much to see) but it is in an album of impressions from copper plates that were cancelled, rubbed out, and sold at the time of his bankruptcy. It is likely that they were all by Whistler, though printed by someone else.
KEYWORD
couch, fan, figure, interior, model, nude reclining, woman reclining.
TITLE
Whistler's original title is not known, and a descriptive title has been chosen:
Nude woman reclining (2009, Whistler Etching Project).
Nude woman reclining (2009, Whistler Etching Project).
DESCRIPTION
A nude young woman with wavy shoulder length hair, reclining on a sofa; her head, tilted well back on the pillow, is on the left. The figure is drawn over another faint figure, seen upside down on the plate.
SITTER
Not identified. It is just possible that the model for the earlier study was Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843).