The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Colour schemes for the decoration of Aubrey House; v.: Head and shoulders of a nude date from 1873/1874. William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) bought Aubrey House in 1873.

r.: Colour schemes for the decoration of Aubrey House, The Hunterian

v.: Head and shoulders of a nude, The Hunterian

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 492).

Images

Subject

Site

r.: Colour schemes for the decoration of Aubrey House, The Hunterian

The decoration was intended for Aubrey House, Kensington, home of William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) and family.

Technique

Technique

r.: Colour schemes for the decoration of Aubrey House, The Hunterian

v.: Head and shoulders of a nude, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 492).

History

Provenance

• 1903: possibly in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), or returned to Miss Birnie Philip after Whistler's death;
• 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

It is possible that it was among drawings returned to Miss Philip by William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916).

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 492) as 'r.: Colour schemes for the decoration of Aubrey House; v.: Head and shoulders of a nude'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• ホイスラー展. Whistler Exhibition in Japan, Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Shizuoka, 1986 (cat. no. 47).

Websites

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