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Study from the Nude, Woman Asleep

A work made of transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1890–94

Artist:

Theodore Roussel
French, worked in England, 1847-1926

About this artwork

The Pettigrew sisters—Hetty, Lily, and Rose—began modeling in their teens, posing first for John Everett Millais and then for Walter Sickert, Philip Wilson Steer, Edward Linley Sambourne, and Hamo Thornycroft. Whistler employed all three sisters for his transfer lithographs in the early 1890s, sometimes along with a child, who has been identified as a Pettigrew niece. Hetty was Roussel’s principal model, seen in his most famous painting, The Reading Girl (1886/87; Tate Gallery).

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Title

Study from the Nude, Woman Asleep

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1890–1894

Medium

Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.7 × 24 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 32.4 cm (8 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg

Reference Number

2011.611

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