1892
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
A Nude Model Arranging Flowers is a 1892 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting on a stool, her back to us, arranging flowers in a vase. Her hair is loose, and she wears a long dress that covers her legs. The lines are rough and quick, like a fast drawing. The artist left a note at the bottom: *"A Nude Model Arranging Flowers."* That’s unusual—most artists didn’t label their sketches this way. Want to see more of this artist’s work? Try Whistler, James McNeill.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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