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Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]
1871/1874
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- chalk and pastel on brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 27.4 × 18.4 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.8807.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto] — James McNeill Whistler. 1871/1874.
Medium: chalk and pastel on brown wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 27.4 × 18.4 cm (10 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.8807.a. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.