The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

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

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

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 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.