The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0276
Profile sketch of an old woman, standing
Date
Profile sketch of an old woman, standing dates from between August and October 1858.
Profile sketch of an old woman, standing, Freer Gallery of Art
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 276).
Images
Profile sketch of an old woman, standing, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
Not identified. A similar cowled figure is seen in Standing figure of an old woman m0275.
Technique
Conservation History
The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.
History
Provenance
- 1858: probably given to Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) or her husband Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910);
- 1898: sold through Wunderlich, New York dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building m0222.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Due to the conditions of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 276) as 'Profile sketch of an old woman, standing'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 210, pl. 149.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.194, as 'Profile sketch of an old woman standing'.