The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Foot dates from between 1846 and 1848. Whistler remembered that when he was in London, he drew his own foot with 'paper and colours'. ¹

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat no. 13).

Images

Subject

Sitter

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).

Technique

Technique

Described by Whistler as being 'paper and colours', possibly meaning chalks or watercolour.

History

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

Unknown.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat no. 13) as 'Foot'.

Books on Whistler

• Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, p. 171.