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Nude Girl with Arms Raised |  Freer Gallery of Art (1893.88) | |
| Number: | 115 | |
| Date: | 1873/1878 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 191 x 100 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 18 | |
| Catalogues: | K.129; M.126 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (18) | ||
KEYWORD
cancelled plate, girl standing, model, nude standing, woman standing.
TITLE
Whistler's original title is not known. The sole known title is given in the following examples:
'Nude Girl with Arms Raised' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 1
'Nude Girl with Arms Raised' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 2
'Nude Girl with Arms Raised' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 1
'Nude Girl with Arms Raised' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 2
1: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 126).
2: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 129).
DESCRIPTION
A frontal view of the full-length figure of a young woman, who stands turned slightly and facing toward the right. Her left leg is crossed in front to the right. Her arms are raised, pulling a robe over her head. Her left arm is drawn in two positions, one reaching higher than the other. Neither her arms nor feet are finished.
SITTER
Not identified.