The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0389
r.: Draped figure standing; v.: Study of draped woman
Date
r.: Draped figure standing; v.: Study of draped woman date from 1870/1873 but may have been signed 1874/1875.
r.: Draped figure standing, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Study of draped woman, Freer Gallery of Art
They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 389).
Images
r.: Draped figure standing, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Study of draped woman, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Draped Model, Fitzwilliam Museum
Subject
Sitter
The model who posed for the recto also posed for r.: Standing draped figure; v.: Standing nude m0387 and r.: Draped Model; v.: Nude holding a parasol m0388.
Technique
Composition
r.: Draped figure standing, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Draped Model, Fitzwilliam Museum
There are several variations on the pose of a model seen from the back, including the recto of r.: Draped Model; v.: Nude holding a parasol m0388.
History
Provenance
- Before 1904: owned by James Staats Forbes (1823-1904);
- 1904-1905: Executors of James Staats Forbes;
- 1905: bought through William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Exhibitions
- 1903-1904: possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903, (cat. no. 192) and 1904 (cat. no. 4).
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 395).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 389) as 'r.: Standing draped figure; v.: Standing nude'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903, (cat. no. 192).
- Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, Goupil Gallery, London, 19041904 (cat. no. 4).
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 395).
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, reprp. f.p. 138 as 'Studies for the Six Projects'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 240, pl. 209.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.136a-c.