The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Draped figure at a railing dates from 1871/1873 and was signed 1873/1874.

Draped figure at a railing, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 412).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

A Nude, Freer Gallery of Art

Draped figure at a railing, Freer Gallery of Art

A Nude m0413 may be a study for this drawing. There are several other drawings with variations of the pose, including r.: Draped Model; v.: Nude holding a parasol m0388 and A nude with her right arm resting along a rail m0414 ).

History

Provenance

• Until 1904: owned by James Staats Forbes (1823-1904);
• 1905: one of 14 drawings bought on 24 July from the Executors of J. S. Forbes through William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London dealer, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) of Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 412).

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. 194) and 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, 1904 (cat. no. 7) as 'Semi Draped Figure'.
• 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. 393) as 'Female Figure, front'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 412) as 'Draped figure at a railing'.

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. 194) as 'Semi Draped Figure'.
• 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, 1904 (cat. no. 7) as 'Semi Draped Figure'.
• 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. 393) as 'Female Figure, front'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 241, pl. 212.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.130a-b.