The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0383
A woman with her robe gathered up, leaning on a rail

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

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46034
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 ¼ x 7 5/16" (279 x 185 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

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
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

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

Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

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

Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
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

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.

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