Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0695
Model in armchair

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: probably brown paper
Size: ca 11 1/8 x 7 1/4' (280 x 184 mm)
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Model in armchair

Model in armchair is only known from an exhibition in 1904 to which it was lent by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938). 1 It has not been located.

A seated lady, Whereabouts Unknown
A seated lady, Whereabouts Unknown
Study: Seated Figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Study: Seated Figure, Freer Gallery of Art

However, the title suggests it may have been similar to such drawings as A seated lady [M.0692] and Study: Seated Figure [M.0694], which date from about 1878.

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 695).

Notes:

1: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 177).

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret