The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail dates from between 1870 and 1873.

A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 383) dated 'c.1870).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail, The Hunterian

Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum

A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail m0383 is in a similar pose to figure on the verso in r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure m0381. They appear to be studies for the model at right in Figures by a railing m0382 and Sea Beach and Figures m0384.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift to the University, the drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 383) as 'A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.