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The Little Nude Model Reading

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artwork Details

The Little Nude Model Reading
1890
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
lithograph on laid paper
11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (28.8 x 22.5 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.429

Description

Subject Matter:

The model for this figure is probably one of the Pettigrew sisters and the composition is very closely related to a pastel in the Fogg, "The Fortune Teller--A Red Note", 1886.

Physical Description:

A nude model sits against a cabinet reading. She is shown largely in profile; her head, wraped in a scarf, looks down at the book she holds. She faces left and her left leg is crossed over the right. Behind her on the cabinet are objects including fabric.

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