The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0134
A shapely leg
Date
A shapely leg dates from 1853/1854, and was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family, who stuck it in an album.
A shapely leg,
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 134).
Images
A shapely leg,
Subject
Sitter
A shapely leg,
Unknown!
Technique
Conservation History
The sketch was originally stuck into an album.
History
Provenance
- 1853/1854: given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family;
- 1878-1970: passed by family descent to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925), her daughter Lucette Marguerite Hutton, Mrs H. A. Prichard (1885-1957), and grand-daughters, Margaret Celeste Prichard, Mrs T. A. Buell (1908-1970), Helen Lucette Prichard, Mrs J. M. King (1913-2005), and Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009);
- 1970: given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 134) as 'A shapely leg'.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.