The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Maud reading in bed dates from 1883/1884 and was given to George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909).

Maud reading in bed, Walters Art Gallery

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 899).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Maud reading in bed, Walters Art Gallery

Maud Franklin (1857-1939).

Technique

Technique

Maud reading in bed, Walters Art Gallery

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 899).

History

Provenance

• 1883/1886: given by Whistler to George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909), Paris;
• 1908: given to Henry Walters (1841-1931), Baltimore;
• 1931: estate of Henry Walters;
• 1937: passed to the Walters Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, 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. 899) as 'Maud reading in bed'.

Websites

• Walters Art Gallery website at https://art.thewalters.org.