The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0896
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin
Date
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin dates from 1883/1888. It is dated from the style and signature.
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin, Art Institute of Chicago
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 896).
Images
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin, Art Institute of Chicago
Subject
Sitter
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin, Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly Maud Franklin (1857-1939).
Technique
Technique
Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin, Art Institute of Chicago
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 896); see also Stephanie L. Strother, 'Cat. 26 Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin, 1883/88: Curatorial Entry,' in Clarke, Jay A., and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, website (cat. no. 26).
History
Provenance
- 1890s?: possibly acquired by Whistler's son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).
- 1924: with E. Parsons, London art dealer (cat. no. 162).
- 1928: possibly sold by Albert Louis Roullier (1858-1920), Chicago art dealer, to Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), November 1928;
- 1933: given by Brewster to the Art Institute of Chicago.
For further details, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 896).
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited 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. 896) as 'Portrait of Miss Maud Franklin'.
Books on Whistler
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, p. 144, cat. 134 (repr.).
Journals 1906-Present
- MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Maud Franklin', in: Ruth Fine (ed.), James McNeill Whistler: A Reexamination, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 19, Washington, DC, 1987, pp. 13-26,
Websites
- Clarke, Jay A., and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, website (cat. no. 26).