Nude Model, Reclining
Medium
Transfer lithograph in black, with stumping, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.5 × 21.4 cm (4 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 36.6 cm (9 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Classification
transfer lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
139435
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
By the 1890s, Whistler had tired of the conservative art world of London and had moved to Paris, where he rented an elegant studio. He became preoccupied with capturing the essence of the female form in various states, dancing, posing, sleeping, nude, or draped in translucent fabrics. In Nude Model, Reclining, Whistler used the medium of transfer lithography to convey the immediacy of an informal studio session. During Whistler’s lifetime, this artfully composed image of a sinuous model posing o...
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...