The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0331
Two figures seated and one standing
Date
Two figures seated and one standing dates from 1866/1869.
Two figures seated and one standing, Fogg Art Museum
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 331).
Images
Two figures seated and one standing, Fogg Art Museum
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Composition
Two figures seated and one standing, Fogg Art Museum
It is possibly a study for an unrealised figure composition.
History
Provenance
- 1908: possibly sold with r.: A female figure; v.: Nude m0366 at auction, Christie's, London, 27 May 1908 (lot 381) as 'Two figures' and bought by 'Paterson'.
- 1913: probably sold at auction, Christie's, London, 15 May 1913 (lot 15) as 'Study of two female figures' and bought by 'Partington'.
- By 1917: owned by Hunt Henderson (1869-1939);
- 1939: bequeathed to Tulane University;
- 1941: bought by Grenville Lindell Winthrop (1864-1943), April 1941;
- 1943: bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum.
The early provenance is uncertain. It was said to have belonged to Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 1 but there is no proof of this. For further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 331).
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition 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. 331) as 'Two figures seated and one standing'.
Websites
- Harvard Art Museums website at https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections.
Notes:
1: Etchings, Lithographs, Paintings and Drawings by James McNeill Whistler, Art Association of New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, 1917 (cat. no. 15).