1891
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Nude Model, Back View is a 1891 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a person from behind, standing sideways with one arm resting on a low horizontal line. The drawing is loose and quick, with soft pink and brown tones. The background is almost blank, focusing all attention on the figure’s shape. The sketch looks unfinished, like a quick study rather than a polished work. It’s made using a printing method called lithography, where the artist draws directly on a smooth stone. Next, check out lithography to see how this technique works.
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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