The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0905
r.: A Note in Green; v.: Maud in bed
Date
r.: A Note in Green; v.: Maud in bed datee from 1883/1884.
r.: A Note in Green, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Maud in bed, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 905).
Images
r.: A Note in Green, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Maud in bed, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
r.: A Note in Green, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Maud in bed, Freer Gallery of Art
Millie Finch (fl. 1875-1885) is in green, Maud Franklin (1857-1939) is in bed.
Technique
Technique
See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.
History
Provenance
- 1884 /1886: bought from Messrs Dowdewell by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934);
- 1902: bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, in June;
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 900).
Exhibitions
- 1884 or 1886: probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 or 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. unknown).
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 100) as 'A Note in Green'.
- 1905:Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 89) as 'A Note in Green'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 905) as r.: A Note in Green; v.: Maud in bed.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 or 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. unknown).
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 100) as 'A Note in Green'.
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 89) as 'A Note in Green'.
Books on Whistler
- Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 203, pl. 134.
- Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 77 (cat. no. 50).
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1902.165a-d, as 'A Note in Green'.
- Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.