Art Institute of Chicago

Nude Model, Reclining

James McNeill Whistler

Date

1893

Medium

Transfer lithograph in black, with stumping, on ivory laid paper

Culture

United States

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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 on a rectangular sofa proved to be among his most popular lithographs.

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