The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0847
r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler
Date
r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler date from 1881/1886.
r.: Caricature, Private Collection
They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 847).
Images
r.: Caricature, Private Collection
v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler, Private Collection
Subject
Sitter
v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler, Private Collection
A portrait of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) by an unknown hand.
r.: Caricature, Private Collection
The caricature may have been drawn by Whistler, as asserted by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930).
Technique
Technique
r.: Caricature, Private Collection
The long, sinuous lines of the caricature are very like Whistler's work; the drawing is probably by him, while the drawing on the verso may have been by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) himself.
History
Provenance
- 1881/1886: probably acquired from the artist by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930).
- 1918-1919: possibly owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938).
- 1980: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1980 (lot 183) as 'Portrait Study', bought by Michael Parkin (d. 2014), London dealer;
- 1984: consigned to Knoedler's, New York art dealers, and sold to a private collector.
The early provenance is uncertain. Further details are in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 847).
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's time.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 847) as 'r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler'.
Books, General
- Guthrie, James J., 'By the way', Books and Bookplates, vol. 4, 1903-1904, pp. 141-46, at p. 146, repr. p. 145.