Accession Number
1954/1.445

Title
Little Draped Figure Leaning

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1893

Medium & Support
lithograph on heavy laid paper

Dimensions
13 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in (34.2 cm x 23.9 cm);13 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in (34.2 cm x 23.9 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 in (56 cm x 45.8 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

Subject matter
This is one of a group of lightly draped female figures that Whistler drew in the early 1890s; the model was probably Carmen Rossi.

Physical Description
A lightly draped female leans back with her arms against a low wall. Her weight is on her right leg; her left leg crosses in front of the right leg. She looks down; drapery is gathered up on the wall to the right of the figure.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
drapery
standing