The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Two ladies on the shore dates from 1870/1873

Two ladies on the shore, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 395).

Images

Subject

Site

Two ladies on the shore, private collection

It is not clear if this is meant to be a stroll by the sea (as sale titles suggest) or by the River Thames.

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

Two ladies on the shore, private collection

Battersea Reach from Lindsey Houses, The Hunterian

The drawing may have been used for the revision of Battersea Reach from Lindsey Houses y055.

Frame

At some time before 1942 the drawing was framed by C. A. Jackson, Manchester, and authenticated by Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942).

History

Provenance

• 1903/1905: owned by James Thomas Knowles (1831-1908);
• 1908: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 27 May 1908 (lot 378) as 'Two Ladies on the Shore', and bought by 'Paterson'.
• By 1913: with Messrs Agnew, London art dealers;
• 1913: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 15 May 1913 (lot 14) and bought by 'Wood'.
• Date unknown: bought by F. O. Roberts;
• By 1995: passed by family descent to a private collector.

Exhibitions

• 1903: Collection of Pictures, Drawings, Prints and China, and Decorative Furniture, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1903 (cat. no. 32) as 'Pastel Sketch'.
• 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. 169).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 395) as 'Two ladies on the shore'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Collection of Pictures, Drawings, Prints and China, and Decorative Furniture, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1903 (cat. no. 32) as 'Pastel Sketch'.
• 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. 169).

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

• Christie's, London, 27 May 1908 (lot 378) as 'Two Ladies on the Shore'.
• Christie's, London, 15 May 1913 (lot 14).