The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0284
A man asleep on a pile of luggage
Date
A man asleep on a pile of luggage dates from between August and October 1858.
A man asleep on a pile of luggage, Freer Gallery of Art
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 284).
Images
A man asleep on a pile of luggage, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
A man asleep on a pile of luggage, Freer Gallery of Art
Possibly Whistler's travelling companion Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872)
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. 284) as 'A man asleep on a pile of luggage'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 222, pl. 172.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.187, as 'A man asleep on a pile of luggage'.