Date
Study of a draped reclining woman dates from 1865/1868.

Study of a draped reclining woman, The Hunterian
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 326).
Images

Study of a draped reclining woman, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
This might be a study of Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886) for Symphony in White, No. 3 y061.
Technique
Composition

Study of a draped reclining woman, The Hunterian

Symphony in White, No. 3, Barber Institute of Fine Arts
This may be a study for Symphony in White, No. 3 y061.
Technique
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 326).
History
Provenance
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1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
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1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not 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. 326) as 'Study of a draped reclining woman'.
Books on Whistler
- MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Whistler: The Graphic Work: Amsterdam, Liverpool, London, Venice, Agnew's, London, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1976 (cat. no. 47).
- Dorment, Richard, and Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler, Tate Gallery, London, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994-1995 (cat. no. 21).
- Tedeschi, Martha, and Britt Salvesen, Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography, Chicago, 1998.
- MacDonald, Margaret F. (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020 (exhibition rescheduled to 2022).
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.